NOTES 



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P. 33. 1. 7 from bottom. 



Spiritus aqvae &. oleo jungi pot* 

 erit] On several chemical terms men* 

 tioned in the sequel and elsewhere in 

 Steno's writings, information is to be 

 found in Totius Medicinae Idea Nova, 

 Seu Francisci Silvii De Le Boe . . . 

 Opera Omnia . . . Acceffere Chymia . . . 

 Parisiis 1671: 



Lib. II p. 287. 11. Spiritus a volatilitatis 

 Jimilitudine, quam cum Mercurio habet, 

 dictus Mercurius vocatur vulgb Chymi= 

 cis quicumque liquor activus penetrans 

 purgativus ut fpiritus vini rectificatus, 

 fpiritus falis nitri; fpecialiter tamenfpi* 

 ritum vocant ilium qui ex rebus ferment 

 tatis paratur, ut eft fpiritus abfynthij, 

 rofarum, cardui benedicti; maxime ta= 

 men proprie fpiritus appellari debet, 

 quidquid eft fumme volatile in rebus, 

 adeo ut ejus notio in rebus fola vola= 

 tilitate conftftat; atque hoc modo repe= 

 ritur triplex fpiritus, injipidus, fulphu= 

 reus & falinus. 



P. 287. 12. Sulphur vocatur quidquid 

 eft inflammabile . . . 



P. 287. 13. Sal dicitur quidquid po= 

 teft incinerari &. eft acre, eftque duplex 

 fixum 6- volatile; utrumque refpectu ig= 

 nis fie dicitur. 



P. 290. 13. Menstruum Chymicis di= 

 citur liquor habens vim corpus aliquod 

 folvendi.fic dictum, quia plerumque per 

 menfem Chymicum, id eft 40. dies cum 

 corpore folvendo in digeftione ponitur, 

 quo tempore corporis fit folutio . . . 



P. 303. 23. Spiritus nitri. p. 307. 32. 

 Butyrtim antimonij. p. 308. 35. Bezo* 

 ardicum miner ale. p. 312. 45. Oleum 

 tartari per deliquium. p. 324. 56. Aqua 

 fortis. 



P. 34. 1. 10-11 from top. 



Mercurii mobilitas. . . impedita] 



This may refer to Basilius Valentinus's 

 having discovered that spiritus vitrioli 

 (sulphurous acid) discharged mercurium 

 from a solution of perchloride of mer* 

 cury, or to the current belief that mercury 

 folidified when poured into boiling lin* 

 seed oil. 



P. 34. 1. 18 from top. 



parum fpiritus volatilis, &■ mi= 

 nimum falis lixiviofi] De Lienis 6- 

 Glandularum Usu (dated March 13, 

 1660) is found as Disp. V in Dispu= 

 tationum Medicarum Pars Prima. Am* 

 stelodami 1663. See p. 72. — Spiritus 

 volatilis = volatile matter. 5a/ lixiviosum 

 — alkaline salt. See the note above to 

 p. 33. 1. 7 from bottom. 



P. 35. 1. 5-6 from top. 



hanc jravOTiefiuiav] A conception 

 which is frequently mentioned by Ari= 

 stotle. See, for instance, De Generatione 

 Animalium (Ilepi Zcocov yEveoecoc;) lib. VI 

 c. 3: . . . eicsi Y<*P Tivet; oV cpaoi rr\v yo- 

 vi\\, ut'av oucav, o!ov jravonepuiav etvat 

 nva TtoXXebv. 



P. 35. 1. 11-12 from top. 



negans argumentatio] The editions 

 Lugd. Batav. 1662 and 1680 have ne- 

 gativa. 



P. 35. 1. 17-18 from bottom. 



D. Olao Borrichio] Ole Borch 

 (1626—1690), son of a clergyman, was 

 born in Norre*Bork in Jutland (Den* 

 mark). In 1644 he entered the Univer* 

 sity of Copenhagen, going in for the 

 study of Anatomy, Botany, Chemistry, 

 Philosophy, Philology and Poetry. From 

 1650 he was an usher in Vor Frue Skole 

 (Our Lady's School), where he was 

 Steno's teacher; and from 1655 and five 



