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...to become accustomed for a longer time original: "med.ᵃ [medicina] diutius assuescere";
here of the same, just as a child
is nourished only upon [simple] things.
Likewise Arnold Arnald of Villanova, a famous 13th-century physician and alchemist. says there are
three minerals original: "mineras," referring here to the "sources" or "mines" of the material. in which our stone
is to be extracted, and from
any vegetable The alchemical "vegetable" kingdom referred to plants and organic matter. [substance], quicksilver
argentum vivum | mercury, literally "living silver," the volatile spirit of the Stone can
be extracted and flow out,
which contains within itself the four
elements, from which the
Physician’s Stone lapis Physicus | another name for the Philosopher's Stone, emphasizing its natural or medicinal power
can be made; it is not said [to come] from
anything else. Nevertheless, know
that God the Most High Creator
created pure and most excellent
mercurial natures.
Among minerals, etc., one was
of the Sun original: "Solis," representing gold. and of the Moon original: "Lunae," representing silver.,
and in vegetables. Know [that] to find
[mercury] in vegetables is [the] oil; know in