Bazilica chymica, & Praxis chymiatricæ, or, Royal and practical chymistry in three treatises : wherein all those excellent medicines and chymical preparations are fully discovered, from whence all our modern chymists have drawn their choicest remedies : being a translation of Oswald Crollius, his Royal chymistry, augmented and inlarged by John Hartman : to which is added his Treatise of signatures of internal things, or, A true and lively anatomy of the greater and lesser world : as also, The practice of chymistry of John Hartman, M.D., augmented and inlarged by his son / all faithfully Englished by a lover of chymistry.
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- Bazilica chymica, & Praxis chymiatricæ, or, Royal and practical chymistry in three treatises : wherein all those excellent medicines and chymical preparations are fully discovered, from whence all our modern chymists have drawn their choicest remedies : being a translation of Oswald Crollius, his Royal chymistry, augmented and inlarged by John Hartman : to which is added his Treatise of signatures of internal things, or, A true and lively anatomy of the greater and lesser world : as also, The practice of chymistry of John Hartman, M.D., augmented and inlarged by his son / all faithfully Englished by a lover of chymistry.
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- Croll, Oswald, ca. 1560-1609.
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- London :: Printed for John Starkey ... and Thomas Passinger ...,
- 1670.
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"Bazilica chymica, & Praxis chymiatricæ, or, Royal and practical chymistry in three treatises : wherein all those excellent medicines and chymical preparations are fully discovered, from whence all our modern chymists have drawn their choicest remedies : being a translation of Oswald Crollius, his Royal chymistry, augmented and inlarged by John Hartman : to which is added his Treatise of signatures of internal things, or, A true and lively anatomy of the greater and lesser world : as also, The practice of chymistry of John Hartman, M.D., augmented and inlarged by his son / all faithfully Englished by a lover of chymistry." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A35064.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- TO THE READER.
- A POSTSCRIPT TO THE READER.
- Errata's in the Treatise of Signatures.
-
Royal
(a) Chymistry.-
I.
Ʋniversal Digestives or Maturative Medicaments. -
II.
Vomitories. -
III.
A Resolving Mundefying Cathartick of greater virtue, than such as are of Scammony and Coloquintida (a). - Observations.
-
Mineral Turbith (a). - Precipitate Mercury.
- A most excellent Purgation of Mercury.
- A famous Precipitation of Mercury.
- Solar precipitate Mercury.
- Aurum-vita.
- Yellow Diaphoretick Precipitate.
- Anti-venereal Precipitate Mercury.
-
A more Compendious way of preparing the Coralline Arcanum. -
A most Compendious way of preparing the Coralline Arcanum. -
Dr. Hartman's Minoral Laudanum. -
The way of precipitating Mercury per se. -
Mercurius dulcis, or Quercetanushis Panchymagogon. -
Another Mercurius dulcis. -
A Water profitable against Scabs, Fistula's,and malignant Ulcers. - Flowers (a) of Butter of Antimony.
- Philosophick Spirit of Vitriol.
-
Flowers of Antimony corrected. (a) - White Flowers of Antimony.
- Red Flowers of Antimony.
- The most commodious way of preparing Flowers of Antimony.
- Double Antimonial Pills.
- Sulphur of Vitriol.
- Tincture of Gold.
-
Electuary (a)of Antimony. - Cautions in exhibiting Antimony and Turbith.
- Other glasse of Antimony excellently corrected.
- Balls made of glasse of Antimony, good against Fevers.
-
Panchymagogon (a). -
Diamber, (c)of each ℥j. - Another Description.
- Purging Spirit of Vitriol.
- Another way not less noble.
- Another description.
-
Another Panchymagogon. -
Extract of Mechoacanna. - Extract of Coloquintida and Scammony, useful to incorporate prepared flowers of Antimony, of which mention is often made above.
-
The true preparation (a)of Scammony. - The best preparation of Scammony.
- A more short preparation of Scammony.
-
Specificum purgans of Paracelsus (a). - A more easie way of preparing in re-iterating the Operation the second time.
- Salts of Herbs are thus prepared.
-
A more easie way of preparing Specificum purgansof Paracelsus.
-
IV.
Diuretick (a).-
I.
Salt of Amber (a). -
II.
Spirit of Salt (a).- Use and Dose.
- Observations of the Spirit or Oyle of Salt.
-
Here follow the virtues and use of this Oyle, according to Paracelsus. - Dose.
- It's external use.
- Compounded Spirit of Salt.
- Also from Sea salt a sweet Oyle may be made in this manner.
- Crystals of Salt sweet like Sugar.
-
Spirit of Salt Nitre (a).
-
I.
-
V.
Diaphoretick. -
Diaphoretick (d)Antimony. -
The true Preparation of Solat Bezoar. -
A Solar Diaphoretick of Korndorfferus. -
Diaphoretick Antimony, or fixed Ant
mony. - Various Mineral Bezoardicks.
- Spirit of Tartar.
- Aperitive compounded Spirit of Tartar.
- Sulphur or the true tincture of Tartar.
-
Diaphoretick in peracutisof Paracelsus,or Mixtura simplex. - Transparent Gold.
-
Panacea
of Sulphur of Antimony.
-
-
VI.
Confortative. -
Salt (d)of Oriental Pearls. - Arcanum of Pearls.
- Quintessence of Pearls.
-
Salt (a)of Corals. - The first way of preparing Tincture of Corals.
- The second way of preparing Tincture of Corals.
-
Liquors (a)of Gemms, as Rubies, Granates, Hyacinths, Topazes, Amethysts, Chry∣stals, and also of Flints are thus prepared. -
Radicate Vinegar which Huseruscalled Vinegar of Turpentine, the true Men∣struumof all Hard Stones. - Oyle of Cinnamon.
-
Elixit
(a) Proprietatisof Paracelsus. - Confortative Balsomes (a) thickned by the benefit of Wax.
- Balsom of Fennel.
- Essencified Amber.
-
-
VII.
Anodynes, (a) Mitigative, Asswaging, and Somniferous. -
VIII.
Odorifick. -
subpart
- Virtues and use.
-
A Specifick (a)Medicament of all the seven principal Members. - Specifick Capital.
- Spirit of Vitriol.
- Sweet Oyle of Vitriol.
-
Another Description (a)of Spirit of Vitriol. - Antepileptick Spirit of Vitriol of Children.
- An Epileptick Medicament.
-
Antepileptick Confection of Paracelsus. -
Galreda,
or Gelatinaof Mans-skull.
- Apoplectick.
- Odontalgick (a).
- Pectorale.
- Cordiale.
-
Stomachal Oyle of Vitriol of
Mars andVenus. - Virtues and Use of this Oyle of Vitriol.
- Hermaphroditical Vitriol.
- Uterine.
- A singular Water, in which the aforesaid Salt is wont to be exhibited, to such as are afflicted with Hysterical Passions.
- Liquor of Tin.
- Febrile.
- A singular Water, in which the aforesaid Salt is wont to be exhibited, to such as are afflicted with Hysterical Passions.
- Liquor of Tin.
- Febrile.
-
Pestilential.
- Pestilential Elixir.
- Flowers of Sulphur.
- Treacle Water.
-
Paracelsusexton of (a). - Zenexton for Rich and Noble Persons.
- An Anodyne Unguent.
- Liquor of Sope.
- Nephritick.
- Salt good against the Stone.
- Powder of Onisks.
- Hydropick.
-
An Hydropick Purging Specific
. -
Ruland's
Extract of Root of Esula. - Water of Earth-norms.
- Dysenterical.
- A Dysenterick Powder of admirable virtue.
-
Essence of Crocus Martis.
- Venereal.
-
Venenate.
-
I.
Treacle of Mumy. -
II.
An Arcanumof Theophrastus,most excellent against every kind of venome, of which kind are Sublimate Mercury, Arsenick, Wolf-bane, Powder of the Adamant (a),Person of Spiders and Toads, Thora, the Brains of a Cat (b),Menstrues. -
III.
Alcohol of Serpents (a)especially of Vipers, is a Remedy against all Poysons, as well .
-
I.
-
Externals.
-
Vulnerary
(a), Ulcerous, Pustulous, Mundefying, Mitigating, Conso∣lidating. - Balsome of St. Johnswort.
-
A Stictick (a)Playster. -
A most excellent Stictick Plaister for Wounds and Ulcers caused by a strake, &c. -
The
irtues of this Playster are innumerable. In the Sublunary Globe there is not found a more efficacious. -
Another description of Paracelsushis Oppodeldoch. -
An Efficacious Medicinal Stone (a). -
Another more breif description of Lapis Salutis. -
Another Description of Mr. John Greiff. - A Mercurial Water.
-
Salt, Butter, Sugar, or Honey of Satur
e. -
The Composition of Sperniola(a). - A Cosmetick against Blemishes of the Face.
- A Cosmetick made of Bulls-galls.
- A Cosmetick of Crabs.
-
A
smetick of Talk. -
The Sympath Paracelsus.k Oyntment, or Stellate of - A singular Alexipharmacon.
- An excellent Diaphoretick Precipitate.
-
Vulnerary
-
subpart
-
I.
- EPILOGUE.
- title page
-
OSWALDƲS CROLLIƲS, PHYSITIAN AND Hermetick Philosopher, HIS PREFACE TO THE READER -
OF SIGNATURES OF PLANTS Representing Humane Members.
- Of the Head.
- Of the Haires.
- Of the Ears.
- Of the Eyes.
- Of the Nese.
- Of the Gumms.
- Of the Teeth
- Of the Throat.
- Of the Liver.
- Of the Heart.
- Of the Lungs.
- Of the Paps.
- Of the Gall.
- Of the Spleen.
- Of the Ventricle.
- Of the Navel.
- Of the Intestines.
- Of the Bladder.
- Of the Privities.
- Of the Stones or Genitalls.
- Of the Matrix and Womb.
- Of the Reins
- Of the Secundine.
- Of the Back-bone.
- Of the Shin and Bones.
- Of the Nerves, and Veins.
- Of the Pores of the Skin.
- Of the Hands.
-
SIGNATƲRES of DISEASES.
- Of the Apoplexy.
- Of the Stone.
- Of the Cancer.
- Of the Chelick.
- Of Skarrs.
- Of the Dysentery.
- Of Erysipela.
- Of Epilepsie.
- Of Excrescence.
- Small Pox or Measles.
- Sores of the Fundament.
- Of the Fistula.
- Of the Child in the Womb.
- Of the Young growing to the Womb.
- Of Fascination.
- Of Bursting and Rupture.
- Of Haemorrhagia.
- Of the Hemrodes.
- Of the Dropsie.
- Of the Jaundies.
- Of Pimples.
- Of the Leprosie.
- Of Maw-wormes.
- Of the red Menstrues.
- Wasted or Consumed Members.
- Of Blemishes.
- Of Knots in the Flesh.
- Of Prunella.
- Prickings of the Sides.
- Of Phantasmes.
- Of Panaricium.
- Of the Pest.
-
Of the De
uxion of Seed, or the Gonorrhea. - Of the Kings Evil.
- Of the Squinancy.
- Of Scabs of the Body and Feet.
- Of Scales or Scurf of the Skin.
- Of Feet rough and Scaly.
- Of the Cramp.
- Of Bunches.
- Of Sugillations.
- Of Tartar of the Ventricle.
- Of Retained Ʋrine.
- Of Poysons.
- Of Warts.
- Of Wounds.
- MEDICAMENTS helpful by SIMILITƲDE.
- CORRESPONDENCIES OF SIGNATURES OF THE GREATER and LESSER WORLD.
- A Corrolary.
- CHYMICALL CHARACTERS
- A COMPENDIOUS TABLE OF THE Foregoing Treatise of SIGNATURES.
- title page
- PROAEMIUM.
- TO THE READER.
- A POST-SCRIPT TO THE READER.
- Material Errata's are thus corrected.
-
Practical Chymistry.
- Digestives.
- Vomitories.
-
Cathartick Vegetables. - Electuary of Sena Leaves.
- Panchymagogon Vegetable.
- Extract, or Rosin of Scammony.
- Laxative Anniseeds.
- Laxative Raysons.
- Mineral Catharticks.
- Diaphoreticks.
- Diureticks.
- Oyl of Wax.
- Salt of Amber.
- Confortatives.
- Vinegar of Turpentine for Extracting Stones.
- English Aurum potabile.
- Another way.
-
Anodynes. - Laudanum without Opium.
- Laudanum with Opium.
- Another Laudanum.
- Paines of the head.
- Internalls.
- Externals in pain of the Head.
- Talking idly in sickness.
- Insania, Mania, and Melancholly.
- Mania.
- Melancholly.
-
Hydrophobia. - Love-potions.
- Phrensie.
- Epilepsie in Children.
- Epilepsie in those of ripe Age.
- Apoplexy.
- Medicines Antapoplectick.
- Antepileptick Laudanum.
- The true Oyl of Camphire.
- Another way.
- Apoplectick Balsom.
- Paralusie.
- Paralysie with the Cholick.
- Memory.
- Drousie Affects.
- Watchings.
- Lice of the Brain.
- Vertigo.
- Convulsion.
- Jectigation.
- Catarrhs.
- Suffocative Catarrh.
- Affects of the Eyes Equinting.
- Paralysie of the Eye.
- Imbecility and dimness of the sight.
- Divulsion and ruption of the Ball of the Eye.
- Whiteness and Cloudiness.
- Swellings.
- Sores of the eyes.
- Carcinoma.
- Epiphora.
- Opthalmia.
- Pain of the Eyes.
- Imposthume of the Eye-lids.
- Falling down of the Eye.
- Tears.
- Fistula of the Eyes.
- Wheals and blemishes of the Eyes.
- Haw, Cloudiness and Pterygium of the Eyes.
- Inflammation of the Eyes.
- Redness of the Eyes.
-
Hyposphagma. - Affects of the Ears.
- Flux of the Ears.
- Worms in the Ears.
- Pains of the Ears.
- Ringing in the Ears.
- Sounding noise and hissing in the Ears.
- Hardness or difficulty of hearing.
- Deafness.
- Imposthumation.
- Affects of the Nostrills. Ozaena.
- Hartmane's green water.
- Burning sores of the Nostrills.
- Cancrous humours of the Nostrills.
-
Polypus. - The stink of the Nostrills.
- Smelling lost.
-
Coryza. -
Constant bleeding at the Nose. - Haemorragia Critica.
- Diseases of the Face and Mouth. Redness of the Face.
- Wheals of the Face.
- Small Pox, Measels, or other spots.
- Blemishes by a stroake, as black and blew.
- Pimples.
- Ring-worms and Tetters.
- Warts.
-
Spasmus Cynicus. - Paralysie of the Lips.
- The clefts of the Lips.
- Benummedness of the Teeth.
- Blackness of the Teeth.
- Looseness of the Teeth.
- Tooth-ach.
- Hollow aching Teeth.
- Worn or wasted Teeth.
- Rotten Teeth.
- Flesh growing about the Gums.
- Laxity, Putrefaction, and eating of the Gums.
- Mundification of putrified Gums.
- Swelling of the Gums.
- Distillation to the knot of the Jaw.
- Exulceration.
- Cure of the dolours of the Teeth.
- Affects of the Tongue and Cheeks. Ranula.
- Paralysie of the Tongue.
- Lost Speech.
- The Taste depraved, lost and decayed.
- Tumour of the Jaws, &c.
- Inflammation of the Jaws.
- Imposthumation of the Jaws.
- Laxity of the Ʋvula.
- Inflammation of the Ʋvula.
- The Ʋlcers of Collumella, or at the mouth of the throat.
- Putrefied and fetid Ʋlcers.
- Ʋlcers of Lues-venerea.
- Quinsy.
- The bastard Quinsy.
- The Affects of the Lights. Windy Lights.
- Asthma, Orthopnoea, Dispnaea.
- Suffocative Catarrh.
- Stopping of the Breast.
- Instammation of the Lungs.
- Imposthume of the Lungs.
- Hereditary Pthisick.
- Pthisick not Hereditary.
- Adhesion of the Lights.
- The Plurisie.
- Hoarseness.
- Cough.
- Spitting of Blood.
-
Affects of the Heart: Ʋlcers and
St. Anthonies fire. -
Lipothymia. - Swouning.
- Palpitation of the Heart.
- Little worms in the Heart.
- Poysons.
- Vices of the Paps.
- Cancers.
- The way of preparing the Blessed Powder:
- Incarnative cleansing powder.
- Affects of the Ventricle.
- Ʋlcers of the Ventricle.
- Stoppage of the stomach, or difficulty in swallowing.
- Cardialgy, or pain at the heart.
- Dilatation of the mouth of the Ventricle.
- The stink of the Ventricle.
- Intemperance of the Ventricle.
- Loathing, and want of Appetite.
- Hungriness.
- Canine Appetite.
- Longing: or the immoderate desire of Women with Child.
- Malachia.
- Thirst.
- Crudity of the Ventricle.
- Purified Salt ammoniack.
- Balsom of Fennel.
- Scucum Stomachale.
- Digestion Lost.
- Belchings.
- Windiness of the Ventricle.
- The Inflation of the Ventricle.
- Tumour of the Ventricle.
- Sighing or sobbing.
- Nauseousness,
- Vomiting.
- Head-ach.
- Choller.
- Dolour of the Ventricle.
-
Animalcula of the Ventricle. - Imbecillity of the ventricle.
- Affects of the Intestines. Obstruction.
- Astringency.
- Inflammation, Imposthume, Ʋlcer, Cancer.
- Fistula.
- Cholick and Iliack Passion.
- Paralysie.
- Slow dejection of the belly.
- Flux of the Intestines.
- Diarrhaea and Dysentery Epidemical.
- Dysentery.
-
Tenesmus. - Flux of the Liver, or Dysentery of the Liver.
- Purulent Excretion.
- Maw Worms.
-
Ascarides. - Tinea.
- Vices of the Fundament.
- A Cleft.
- Swellings, Warts, red Sores, Piles, &c. of the Fundament.
- Hidden Hemroides.
- Esula Lactescat, sine lacte Linaria crescat.
- Deflux of Hemrodes.
- Hemrodes stopped.
- Falling down of the Fundament.
- The frequent croaking of the belly.
- Incontinency of the Dung.
- Affects of the Liver.
- Putrefaction of the Liver.
- Imbeeillity of the Liver.
- Cruent dejections of the Belly.
- Tumours of the Feet.
- Obstruction of the Liver.
- Scirrhus of the Liver.
- Tumour of the Liver.
- Tumour of the Muscles.
- Instammation of the Liver.
- Imposthume of the Liver.
- Ʋlcer of the Liver.
- Affects of the Bladder of the Gall. Obstructions of the bladder.
- Choller encreased in the bladder of the Gall.
- The Stone in the bag of the Gall.
- Diseases of the Spleen.
- Obstructions of the Spleen.
- A fomentation for the Hypochondries.
- Scirrhus of the Spleen.
- Inflammation, Imposthume and Ʋlcer of the Spleen.
- Diseases of the Mesentery.
- Symptoms of the Liver and Spleen.
- The black Jaundies.
- Hypocondriack Melancholly.
- Atrophia or Consumption.
- Cachexy.
- Drossie.
- Timpany.
- There are three kinds of the Dropsie.
- Ascites.
-
Anasarcha. - Vices of the Reins.
- Obstruction of the Reins.
- Exulceration of the Reins.
- Nephritick Dolour.
- The Stone of the Reins.
- Affects of the Bladder.
- Inflammation of the Bladder.
- Imposthume of the Bladder.
- Exulceration of the Bladder.
- Priapismus.
- Extinct or weak virility.
- Gonorrhaea.
- Virulent Gonorrhaea.
- Ʋlcers of the yard.
-
Caruncle of the Yard. -
Diabetes. - Incontinency of Ʋrine.
- Difficulty in making water.
- Stangury.
- Heat of Ʋrine.
- Pissing Blood.
- Voiding of strings in Ʋrine.
- Diseases of the Testicles.
- Tumour of the Cods.
-
Bubonocele, Enterocele, andEpiplocele. Or,Burstings of the Belly. - Navel-burst.
- Affects of the Womb.
- Imposthumation of the Womb.
- Imposthume and Ʋlcer of the Womb.
- Sores of the Womb.
- Schirrus of the Womb.
- Extermination of the false Conception and Expul∣sion of the Young.
- Wind of the Womb.
- Dropsie of the Matrix.
-
Piles of the Womb. - Suppression of the Menses.
- Luna vetus veteres; Juvenes nova Luna repurgat.
- Extract of Ox-spleen.
- Inordinate Flux of the Menses.
- Distillation of the Womb.
- Gonorrhaea in Women.
- Suffocation of the Matrix.
- Ascent of the Womb.
- The falling down of the Womb.
- Convulsion of the Womb.
- Sterility.
- Abortion.
- Difficulty of Birth.
- Impotency.
- The Gout.
- Species of the dolours of the Joynts.
-
Podagra andChiragra. - Podagrical Balsom.
- Leprosie.
-
Elephantiasie. - Lues Venerea.
- Diaphoretick Oyl of Mercury.
- Mercurial water.
- The Scurvy.
- Feavers.
- Quotidian Feaver.
- The intermitted Feaver.
- Tertians intermitting.
- Quartans.
- Hectick Feaver.
- Compounded Feaver.
- Daily Feavers.
- Malignant Feavers.
- The method of curing Feavers.
- Pestilence.
- Pestilential Extract.
- Cure of Externalls. Scabs.
- The Volatile Scab.
- Cynones.
- Bunches.
- Kings-Evil.
- Contraction of the Members.
- Dryness of the Members.
- Laxation.
- Tumours.
- Phypella.
- Buboes.
- Carbuncle.
-
Epinyctis and Fellons. - Terminthus.
-
Hydrocephalum. - Timpany, and windy swelling in the Cods.
- Windy Tumour of the skin.
- Schirrus.
- The Gangrene.
- A swelling called Bronchocele.
- Cancer.
- Running Ʋlcers.
-
Sarcoma. -
Varix. - Aneurisma.
-
St.
Anthonies fire. - Phlyctaena.
- Herpes Miliaris.
- Ring-worm and Tetter beginning.
- Itching.
- Scurviness, or the wild Scab.
- Ʋlcers, Dandref, and running sores of the Head.
- Warts.
- Corns.
- Hard fleshy tumours.
- Spots.
- Pimples.
- Black and blew spots.
- The Gangrene and Sphacelus beginning.
- Ʋlcers.
- Fistulaes.
- Wounds.
- The vulnerary Balsome is thus made:
- Ʋse.
- Fractures, Laxation and Dislocation of bones.
- index of diseases
- table of remedies