Threefold Secrets original German: "Dreyerley Arcana." In early modern medicine, an arcanum was a "secret" or "mysterious" remedy believed to have specific, powerful healing properties that were hidden from the uninitiated.

...well, and lay it immediately
under a hen, so that she sits
upon it for nine days; afterward, I
take it out and give it to
a dog to eat; so he will
(if the sickness in the human
was strong) die; the person,
however, will become quite fresh
and healthy again, and for the rest of his
life original: "Lebtag" will not get the same sickness
anymore. The

First Question. The author concludes this specific recipe by presenting it as a "question" or case for the Brotherhood to evaluate.