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The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus.

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	Book the Seventh: concerning Specifics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	59
	Concerning the Odoriferous Specific. Concerning the Anodyne Specific. Concerning the Diaphoretic Specific. Concerning the Purgative Specific. Concerning the Attractive Specific. Concerning the Styptic Specific. Concerning the Corrosive Specifics. Concerning the Specific of the Matrix.
	Book the Eighth: concerning Elixirs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	69
	On Preservation and Conservation by Elixirs. Concerning the First Elixir, that is, of Balsam. Concerning the Elixir of Salt, by the force of which the body is conserved. Concerning the Third Elixir, namely, of Sweetness. Concerning the Fourth Elixir, which is that of Quintessences. The Fifth Elixir is that of Subtlety. The Sixth Elixir, which is that of Propriety.
	Book the Ninth: concerning External Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	77
	A Remedy for Wounds. A Remedy for Ulcer. A Remedy against Spots.
	Book the Tenth: the Key of Theophrastus Paracelsus Bombast von Hohenheim, from a German Manuscript Codex of Great Antiquity. Comprised in a Preface and Ten Separate Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	81
	The Preface. Chapter I.: concerning the Separation of the Elements. Chapter II.: concerning the Quintessence. Chapter III.: concerning Magisteries. The Preparation of Circulated Salt. Chapter IV.: concerning First Entities; and primarily concerning the Extraction of the Quintessence or First Entity of Common Mercury. Chapter V.: concerning Arcana. Chapter VI.: concerning the Arcanum of the Stone, or of the Heaven of the Metals. Chapter VII.: concerning the Arcanum of the Mercurius Vitæ. Chapter VIII.: concerning the Great Composition, being the chief of our secrets in medicine. Chapter IX.: concerning the Corporal Balsam, or Mercury of the Sun. Chapter X.: concerning the Composition of the Spiritual Balsam, and of the Balsam of the Coagulated Body.
The Manual or Treatise concerning the Medicinal Philosophic Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		94
	Preface to the Reader, The Preparation of the Matter of the Stone. The Remainder of the Preparation. The Use of the Stone.
A Book concerning Long Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		108
The Book concerning Renovation and Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		124
	The First Entity of Minerals. The First Entity of Gems. The First Entity of Herbs. The First Entity of Liquids.
A Little Book concerning the Quintessence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		137
	Concerning the Quintessence out of Oil, also of the Salt of the same. Concerning the Oil or Quintessence of Silver and its Salt. Oil of Mars. Oil of Saturn. Oil and Salt of Jupiter. Of the Quintessence of Antimony. Concerning Oil and Salt out of Marchasite. Oil out of Common Salt. Oil and Salt of Coral, also of Crystal. Oil and Salt of Pearls. Of the Essence and Salt of Things growing on the Earth. The Method of separating Oil and Salt from Oil of Olives. Red Water out of Oil of Olives. Manufacture of Salt from the Red Water. Method of Extracting the Oil and Salt from Pepper. Oil out of Gums. Preparation of Colocynth.
Alchemy the Third Column of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		148
The Labyrinthus Medicorum concerning the Book of Alchemy, without which no one can become a Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		149