Sebastiani Wirdig ... Nova medicina spirituum : curiosa scientia et doctrina, unanimiter hucusque neglecta, et a nemine merito exculta, medicis tamen et physicis utilissima ...

...are poured out, derived, and rebound in the most abundant measure upon the republic and the lives of subjects, and indeed upon the universal world.

And for this reason, I offer this MEDICINE OF SPIRITS—a small portion of natural knowledge and my own meager labor—to You, the most justly celebrated Restorers, Assertors, and Defenders of the hidden things of Nature, arts, and sciences, as a token of my devoted spirit toward You.