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to all the needs of the mor-
bid diseases original: morbiche — an archaic term for ailments or conditions caused by a "morbus" (disease)., which through them
are cured. Antimony alone,
or Mercury alone, there
being no further need for
gold, nor silver, nor other
metals where they are present,
since the virtues and properties of
all things are found in
them with the help of the
Spagyric Spagyric The "Spagyric art" refers to alchemical medicine, specifically the process of separating and then recombining the essential components of a substance to create a more potent remedy. art;
therefore, oh bene-
volent reader, welcome this
little work, and keep it like
a true treasure, because here
you will find as much as you could
desire in the world for
living with a happy health;
I warn you, that
finding in this little book
some thing that has [a touch]
of the fabulous, as one might
say of Artephius Artephius was a legendary medieval alchemist who allegedly discovered the secret of the Philosopher's Stone and was said to have lived for over a thousand years., which is a thing more-