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years onward, as well as later, he was 

 the tutor of the sons of Joachim Gers= 

 dorf, the Lord High Steward of Den* 

 mark. He distinguished himself when 

 taking part in the defence of Copenha* 

 gen in 1659, and immediately after he 

 was appointed Professor of Philology, 

 Botany and Chemistry. He went abroad 

 for six years, visited Holland, where 

 Steno met him, England and France, 

 became Doctor in Angers in 1664, and 

 was then afterwards in Florence and 

 Rome. Having returned to Denmark in 

 1666 he became Medicus Regius and 

 founded the Collegium Medicamm (ge* 

 nerally called Borchs Kollegium) for 

 sixteen undergraduates. — Ole Borch 

 was a most capable and learned man, 

 who enjoyed a great reputation among 

 his contemporaries, especially, perhaps, 

 for his works on philology and poe* 

 try; but his studies in chemistry are 

 of great merit, too. Besides numerous 

 chemical treatises in Acta Hafniensia 

 Ole Borch composed two books on 

 the history of chemistry: De Ortu, Et 

 Progressu Chemiae Dissertatio, Hafniae 

 1668 and Hermetis, AZgyptiorum, Et 

 Chemicorum Sapientia . . . Hafniae 1674, 

 and one on practical chemistry: Do= 

 cimastice Metallica. Hafniae 1677. In 

 medical science, too, Ole Borch was a 

 man of great ability. See Dansk biogra= 

 Jisk Lexikon, vol. IT p. 500 (H. F. Rot= 

 dam, M. CI. Gertz, S. M. Jergensen, Jul. 

 Petersen.). 



P. 35 1. 6-7 from bottom. 



qvi ovyxpiGw rerum &. bidxptoiv 

 admittunt] Xoyxpiotc; and cudxpicnc; 

 (composition and separation) are the 

 technical terms for the explanation of 

 the coming into being and the passing 

 away which was given by Democritus 



(the Atomists) and Anaxagoras. In the 

 ancient philosophy the colours are ge* 

 nerally explained to be mixtures of the 

 primary colours (Aristotle and his 

 School). 



P. 36. 1. 1 from top. 



bezoardicum minerale] Bezoardi= 

 cum minerale means the precipitate ob« 

 tained by the adding of nitric acid 

 (spiritus nitri) to trichloride of antimo* 

 ny (butyrum antimonii). 



P. 36. 1. 7 from top. 



de Benneti experimento] See T7ie= 

 atri Tabidorum Vestibulum . . . Per CheU 

 stoph: Bennettum. Londini 1654. c. Ill 

 pp. 10-15. 



P. 36. 1. 7-8 from top. 



qvod Pecqvetus in fero obferva* 

 vit] See Ioannis Pecqveti . . . Experh 

 menta Nova Anatomica . . . Eivsdem 

 Dissertatio Anatomica De Circvlatione 

 Sangvinis, Et Chyli Motu. Parisiis 1651. 

 c. II p. 5. 



P. 36. 1. 18-19 from top. 



nifi Democritus forte aliqvis] 

 About the capability of the famous 

 Greek philosopher Democritus (born in 

 460 B. C.) of seeing through everything 

 all that was concealed from other people, 

 many legends are found in ancient hi* 

 story; his fame increased through the 

 Middle Ages when he was looked upon 

 nearly as a sorcerer. 



P. 36. 1. 19-20 from top. 



lac virginis] By lac virginis Steno 

 most likely meant tincture of Benzoes 

 (Boerhave). In Libavius lac virginis is 

 an opalescent solution of sugar of lead. 



