Chemical Lexicon

...of the work, and had appointed the most expert of your colleagues as Supervisors original: Isostates; a Greek-derived term for "equals," here referring to the committee of physicians appointed to oversee the laboratory. (to use your own words), so that the more effective the medicines are, the more cautiously they might be prepared; the more difficult, the more diligently; and the more precious, the more purely. I could not but strive, with all my might, not only to offer a testimony of my gratitude toward you, but also to render to you and to the public some account (though I confess it is a meager one) of my stewardship original: villicationis; a term for the management of an estate or office, here referring to his role in the laboratory.. To perform this task (conscious as I am of the weakness of my own talent), I have called to my aid men most skilled in medicine and Chemistry: Basil Valentine, the Teacher of Paracelsus Basil Valentine was a legendary figure whose writings were foundational to early chemistry, though his historical identity remains a mystery., Theophrastus Paracelsus The revolutionary Swiss physician (1493–1541) who argued that the human body is a chemical system and should be treated with chemical medicines., Martin Ruland A German physician known for his comprehensive dictionary of alchemical and chemical terms., Johann Rhenanus (whose Chemical definitions Ruland himself used), Gerard Dorn A 16th-century philosopher and chemist who was one of the most important proponents of Paracelsian thought., Michael Toxites A physician and scholar who spent his life searching for and publishing the lost manuscripts of Paracelsus., Jan Baptist Van Helmont A pioneering Flemish chemist (1580–1644) who is often considered the founder of pneumatic chemistry., and other men of the same rank and doctrine. From their full harvests, according to my slender judgment... The text breaks off mid-word at "exi-", likely the start of a word meaning "I have drawn out" or "selected."