A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the Fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. Etc.Sedziwój, Michal
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A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the Fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. Etc.
Sedziwój, Michal
Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Sulfur
_Mandella_ is the seed of black Hellebor.
_Mandibularum liquor_ is oyle of jaw bones.
_Mangonaria_ is an art used in weights, whereby that which is made
heavy is easily made light.
_Manna_ is not only called a dew faln from heaven, which is a kind of
balsome or fruit of the aire, but also it is taken for any sweet matter
extracted out of any thing.
_Marcasita_ is an unripe matter of Metalls, and it is of as many kinds
as there be Metalls.
_Marmoreus tartarus_, is a stone in man as hard as a marble.
_Martath_, or _Martach_ is Letharge.
_Mater metallorum_ is Quicksilver.
_Materia saphirea_ is an homogeneal liquor, in which there is no
offending matter.
_Matrices rerum_ are Elements.
_Maturativa_ are medicines that Chirurgeons use to ripen any aposteme.
_Mechanopeotica_ (_see Transcriber’s Note_) is an invention of
water-workes to carry waters by pipes into high places, or the like.
_Melaones_, or _Meloes_ are Beetles that fly, and are of a golden
colour, and being rubbed make a sweet smell; they are commonly found in
Meadows in the moneth of _May_.
_Melibæum_ is Copper.
_Melissa_ is in Alchymie taken for Manna extracted out of the best
hearbs.
_Mensis Philosophicus_ is the full time of Digestion, _viz._ forty
dayes.
_Mercurius à naturâ coagulatus_ is a solid Metal.
_Mercurius Corallinus_, is that which by yelkes of egges, and other
waters, is brought into a rednesse like Corall.
_Mercurius Crudus_ is that which is not yet separated from its Mine.
_Mercurius Crystallinus_, is that which by often sublimations is
brought into a cleernesse like Crystall.
_Mercurius laxus_ is Turbith Mineral.
_Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus_ is Mercury extracted out of Metalls
and precipitated.
_Mercurius mineralium_ is an oylinesse extracted out of the Mines of
Gold, and Silver.
_Mercurius regeneratus_ is the first being of Mercury.
_Mercurialis seva_ is the water of Allum.
_Menstruum_ is a liquor wherein any thing is dissolved, or digested.
_Metallum currens_ is Quicksilver.
_Microcosmus_ is a little world, or man.
_Minium_ is the Mercury, or rather Crocus of Lead precipitated.
_Missadam_ is Quicksilver.
_Mitigativa_ are Chirurgicall medicines which allay paine.
_Monstra_ are Animalls which either have not proper parents, and are
not born of things like to themselves, or have some defect, or excesse
in Nature: but of this see more in the first book of the foregoing
Treatise.
_Morus_ is an aposteme like to a Mulberry.
_Mulæ_ are pustles arising from heat, or cold.
_Mumia_ is not only mans flesh seasoned with balsom, but any other
flesh thus prepared.
_Mumia Elementorum_ is the balsome of externall Elements.
_Mumia transmarina_ in _Paracelsus_ is _Manna_.
_Mumia versa_ is the liquor of mummie.
_Muria_ is brine.
_Muscilago_ is a viscous liquor.
_Mundificativa_ are cleansing medicines.
_Mustus_ is the white Calx in urine.
_Myssadar_ is Mercury.
_Mysterium magnum_ is the first matter of all things.
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