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

monitions, who have been—if I may say so without arrogance—a practitioner of Chemistry and Medicine for 28 years, and until now a Public Professor in various Academies. Therefore, I desire my peers, or those superior to me, who are more versed and experienced in Nature and the observation of natural things, more sagacious, more perceptive philosophers, physicians, and chemists. I venerate these censors, whose honest intention and desirable longing walk in step with me in investigating the truth and promoting natural knowledge. Farewell, benevolent READER! Love God! Cultivate the truth! And favor YOUR