Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ...

THE CONTENTS OF THE FIRST BOOK. Of Practical Physick.

CHAP. 1. Of Aches of all sorts.

Page 1

Chap. 2. Of the Apo∣plexy

6

Chap. 3. Of Agues

8

Chap. 4. Of Bleeding

14

Chap. 5. Of Fluxes, Gripings, Wind

18

Chap. 6. Of Shortness of Breath

23

Chap. 7. Of Diseases of the Brest

26

Chap. 8. Of Abortion or Miscar∣riage

29

Chap. 9. Of want of Appetite

33

Chap. 10. Of the Loss and Use of Limbs

37

Chap. 11. Of the Cholick, or

Chap. 12. Of an Hysterick Cho∣lick

57

Chap. 13. Of an Aposteme

64

Chap. 14. Of the Thrush

76

Chap. 15. Of a Quinsey

83

Chap. 16. Of Deafness

93

Chap. 17. Of 〈◊〉〈◊〉

101

Chap. 18. Of the Cachexia

110

Chap. 19. Of the Stone in the Reins

118

Chap. 20. Of the Stone in the Bladder

153

Chap. 21. Praecipiolum, The Uni∣versal Medicine of Paracelsus

163

The Key of Helmont and Lully

175

The opening of Sol and Lunae

176

The Contents of the Second BOOK, or, Clavis Alchymiae.

I. The Golden work of Hermes Trismegistus.

CHap. 1. The Preface, Expli∣cating in part, the Prima Materia

179

Chap. 2. The first Exposition of the Matter

184

Chap. 3. The Names and first Operation Explicated

190

Chap. 4. A Continuation of the Explication of the first Opera∣tion

193

Chap. 5. A Dialogue between Hermes and his Son

199

Chap. 6. The several Operations by, and Various Matters of which the Stone is Compo∣sed

206

Chap. 7. The Operations of Na∣ture in the Aqua Philosophica, as in a Seed

213

Chap. 8. The Philosophick Rid∣dle laid down after a new Man∣ner

223

Chap. 9. The last Act, or Conclu∣sion of the Theory of the Phi∣losophers Tincture

227

Chap. 10. The Practical part of the Philosophick Work

233

Chap. 11. The Practical part far∣ther Explicated

240

Chap. 12. The Praxis Exemplifi∣ed from the Nature of Leven and Paste

246

Chap. 13. The Nature of the Fer∣ment farther Explicated

252

Chap. 14. The Smaragdine Table of Hermes

258

The Second Book of Hermes Trismegistus.

Chap. 15. The Entrance into the Work, beginning with Argent Vive.

268

Chap. 16. The Nature of the Medicine, and Government of the Metals

270

Chap. 17. The Difference of the Ferments and Quality of the Spirit

271

Chap. 18. Of Argent Vive, Tin∣cture, Order of the Operation, and of the Fire

273

Chap. 19. That the beginning of this Work is in the Blackness and Darkness: and of the Con∣joyning the Body with the Soul

276

Chap. 20. The Order of the Pra∣ctical part of the Operation

278

Chap. 21. The remaininging O∣perations, and Conclusion of this Work

281

II. The Alchymick Secrets of Kalid Persicus.

Chap. 22. Of the Difficulties of this Art

284

Chap. 23. Of the four Principal Operations, Solution, Congela∣tion, Albification, and Rubifi∣cation

288

Chap. 24. Of the Latter two Ope∣rations, viz. Albification and Rubification

291

Chap. 25. Of the Nature of things appertaining to this Work of Decoction, and its, Effects

293

Chap. 26. Of Subtilization, Solu∣tion, Coagulation, and Com∣mixion

295

Chap. 27. Of Fixation of the Spi∣rit, Decoction, Trituration, and Washing

297

Chap. 28. Of the Fire fit for this Work

299

Chap. 29. Of the Separation of the Elements

300

Chap. 30. Of the Commixion of the Elements which were Se∣parated

302

Chap. 31. Of the Solution of the Stone compounded, and Coa∣gulation of the Stone Dissolved

304

Chap. 32. That Our Stone is but One, and of the Nature thereof

306

Chap. 33. How to make the Stone both White and Red

307

Chap. 34. Kalid's Secret of Se∣crets, or Stone of the Philoso∣phers Explicated

310

Chap. 35. A farther Explication of this Matter.

315

Chap. 36 The Key which opens the Mystery of this Grand Elixir

327

To make Aurum Potabile

333

III. The Summ of Geber Arabs.

Chap. 37. An Introduction into the whole Work

335

Chap. 38. Of the Alchymy of Sulphur

340

Chap. 39. Of the Alchymy of Arsenick

343

Chap. 40. Of the Alchymy of the Marchasite

346

Chap. 41. Of the Alchymy of Magnesia, Tutia, and other Mi∣nerals

349

Chap. 42. Of the Alchymy of Saturn

352

Chap. 43. Of the Alchymy of Jupiter

359

Chap. 44. Of the Alchymy of Mars

366

Chap. 45. Of the Alchymy of Venus

372

Chap. 46. Of the Alchymy of Luna

383

Chap. 47. Of the Alchymy of Sol

391

Chap. 48. Of the Alchymy of Mercury

397

The Second Book of Geber Arabs.

Chap. 49. The Introduction to this Second Book.

413

Chap. 50. Of Sublimation, Ves∣sels, Fornaces

415

Chap. 51. Of Descention, and Purifying by Pastils

424

Chap. 52. Of Distillation, Causes, Kinds, and Fornaces

426

Chap. 53. Of Calcination of Bo∣dies and Spirits, Causes, Me∣thods

430

Chap. 54. Of Solution, and its Causes

436

Chap. 55. Of Coagulation and its Causes

440

Chap. 56. Of Fixation and its Causes

442

Chap. 57. Of Ceration and its Causes

443

Chap. 58. That our Medicine is two fold, one for the White and one for the Red: yet that we have one only Medicine for both

446

Chap. 59. Of the Medicine, Tin∣cture, Elixir or Stone of the Philosophers in General

449

Chap. 60. Of the three Orders of the Medicine

454

Chap. 61. How Ingression is pro∣cured

458

Chap. 62. Of the Cineritium

460

Chap. 63. Of Cementation and its Causes

463

Chap. 64. Of the Examen by Ig∣nition

466

Chap. 65. The Examen by fusion or Melting

467

Chap. 66. The Examen by the Vapors of Acute things

469

Chap. 67. The Examen by the Extinction of Bodies Red Hot

470

Chap. 68. A Recapitulation of the whole Art

471

The Contents of the Third BOOK.

I. The Secret Book of Artefius Longaevus.

CHap: 1. The Preface to the Reader

433

Chap. 2. The Epistle of Johannes Pontanus of the Secret Fire

437

Chap. 3. Of the Composition of our Antimonial Vinegar, or the Secret Water

444

Chap. 4. Of the Operations of our Antimonial Vinegar, or Mi∣neral Water

447

Chap. 5. Of other Operations of our Secret Mineral Water, and its Tincture

450

Chap. 6. Of what substance Me∣tals are to Consist, in order to this Work

455

Chap. 7. Of the Wonderful things done by our Water, in altering

and changing Bodies

458

Chap. 8. Of the Affinity of our Water, and other wonderful things done by it

461

Chap. 9. Of Sublimation; or the separating of the Pure from the Impure, by the Water

467

Chap. 10. Of the Separation of the Pure parts from the Impure

472

Chap. 11. Of the Soul which is extracted by our Water, and made to Ascend

475

Chap. 12. Of Digestion, and how the Spirt is made thereby

480

Chap. 13. Of the beginning of the Work, and a Summary of what is to be done

484

Chap. 14. Of the Easiness and Simplicity of this Work, and of our Philosophick Fire

489

Chap. 15. Of the three kinds of Fires of the Philosophers in par∣ticular

492

Chap. 16. Of the Colors of our Philosophick Tincture or Stone

495

Chap. 17. Of the Perfect Bodies, their Putrefaction, Corruptions Digestion and Tincture

498

Chap. 18. Of the Multiplication of the Philosophick Tincture

504

Chap. 19. Of Sublimation in par∣ticular, and Separation of the Pure from the Impure

508

Chap. 20. Of Digestion, Sublima∣tion and Separation of the Bo∣dies, for the perfection of the Work

512

Chap. 21. Of the Secret Operati∣on of the Water and Spirit on the Body

515

Chap. 22. Of the Signs of the end of the Work, and the perfection thereof

518

II. The Hieroglyphicks of Flammel.

Chap. 23. The beginning of Flam∣mels Book, which is the pe∣roration of the whole

521

Chap. 24. The Explication of the Hieroglyphick Figures: and of the Book of Abraham the Jew

522

Chap. 25. Of his Pilgrimage into Spain, and meeting with a Jew∣ish Priest, who in part inter∣preted the said Book

527

Chap. 26. Of the Projection which he and his Wife made upon Mercury: and of the Hospitals, Churches and Chappels which they Built

532

Chap. 27. The Theological Inter∣pretation of these Hierogly∣phicks

537

Chap. 28. The Philosophical In∣terpretation according to Her∣mes

540

Chap. 20. Of the two Dragons of a Yellowish, Blew, and Black Color

546

Chap. 30. Of the Man and Wo∣man cloathed in an Orange co∣lored Gown, in a Field Azure and Blew, with their Motto's

553

Chap. 31. Of the Figure like Paul the Apostle in a White and Yellow Robe, with a Man Kneeling by his Feet, in a Robe

of Orang, Black and White

558

Chap. 32. Of the Green Field with two Resuscitants, two Men and one Woman, all in White: two Angels beneath, over whom is the Figure of our Lord and Saviour, Judging the World, in a Robe Citrine White

564

Chap. 33. Of the Field white and Blew, with the two Angels of an Orange color

567

Chap. 34. Of the Figure like Peter the Apostle, in a Robe Citrine Red holding a Key; a Woman kneeling by his Feet in an Orange colored Robe

570

Chap. 35. Of the Dark Violet Field, in which is a Man of a red Purple colour, holding the Foot of a Lyon, red as Vermi∣lion, having wings.

574

Chap. 36. Flammel's Summary of Philosophy

576

III. Roger Bacon's Radix Mundi.

Chap. 37. Of the Original of Me∣tals, and principle of the Mine∣ral work

585

Chap. 38. Of Mercury, the second principle of the work

588

Chap. 39. Of the purification of Metalls and Mercury, for the work

590

Chap. 40. Of the conjunction of the Principles, for this great work

592

Chap. 41. Of Vessels, Lute, Clo∣sing, and Times of the Philoso∣phick work

395

Chap. 42. Of the Philosophers Fire, kinds of Government thereof

597

Chap. 43. Of the AEnigma's of Philosophers, their Deceptions, praecautions, &c.

600

Chap. 44. Of the various Signs ap∣pearing in every Operation

602

Chap. 45. Of the Eduction of the Whlteness out of the Black Matter

605

Chap. 46. Of the way how to Educe the red Tincture out of the White

607

Chap. 47. Of the Multiplication of Our Medicine by Dissoluti∣on

609

Chap. 48. Of the Multiplication of Our Medicine by Fermenta∣tion

611

Chap. 49. Of the Differences of the Medicine, and proportions used in projection

615

Chap. 50. Of Projection, and how it is performed upon the Metals

617

Chap. 51. Of the compleat. or per∣fection of the whole work

618

The Second Book of Roger Bacon, called, Speculum Alchymiae

Chap. 52. The entrance into this work and definition of the Art

621

Chap. 53. Of the Natural princi∣ples and Generation of Metals and Minerals

622

Chap. 54. Of the nearest matter out of which the Elixir is drawn

624

Chap. 55. Of the nearest matter of our Stone, yet more plainly

627

Chap. 56. Of the manner of Working, regulating, and con∣tinuing the Fire

630

Chap. 57. Of the Quality of the Vessels and Fornaces

632

Chap. 58. Of the colors Acciden∣tal and Essential appearing in the work

635

Chap. 59. Of the manner of Pro∣jection upon any of the Imper∣fect Metals

637

Chap. 60. A short Recapitulation of the whole work

640

IV. George Ripley's Medulla Alchymiae.

Chap. 61. The Preface to the Arch-Bishop of York

643

Chap. 62. A farther Discourse of the Philosophers Mercury

648

Chap. 63. Of the Mineral Stone, and Philosophick Fires

652

Chap. 64. The manner of Elixi∣ration with the Fire against Na∣ture

657

Chap. 65. The Practice upon the Calx of the Body dissolved

660

Chap. 66. Another way of Elix∣irating Gold by the Fire against Nature

665

Chap. 67. Two other Mineral Elixirs, or two other processes of Mercury

669

Chap. 68. The second of the for∣mer Elixirs, with Mercury and the Body Alchymick

672

Chap. 69. Of the Vegetable Stone

674

Chap. 70. The remaining Process of the Vegetable Stone

679

Chap. 71. Of Our Animal Stone

285

Chap. 72. The Reserved Secret Explicated

685

Chap. 73. Ripley's Philosophick Axioms out of the Theatrum Chymicum.

687