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Paracelsus · 1603

Most from the manuscript of Oporinus: some also from the autograph of Theophrastus.
IX. De Thermis On Thermal Baths, that is, of natural baths, five treatises, what medicinal virtues and powers they have 170
X. On the Bath of Pfäfers, a separate little book 187
I. De Gradibus & Compositionibus On Degrees and Compositions, First book, in which many things are treated more fully than in the one above 197
From the manuscript of D. Io. Montanus.
II. 1. Scholía on the books on Degrees, etc., written down by the listeners of Paracelsus in public lecture 203
2. Other scholia on the books on Degrees, etc., of which some are directed at the text of the First book (which begins on folio 197) 212
The following are directed at the text of the other books 215
3. More, several short marginal notes, into the 7 books on Degrees 219
From the manuscript of Oporinus.
4. The end of the 7th book, as Theophrastus described it 221
This note is placed in this location to the end that the reader, comparing it with the version, might see what method Oporinus followed in translating the writings of Theophrastus.
III. Several fragments and slips, in Latin and German, which agree with the books on Degrees:
All from the autograph of Theophrastus.
The First, on the locations of the 7 planets in the human body 221
The 2nd, on complexions therein 221
The 3rd, on the degrees of things according to the 4 elements 221
The 4th, on the degrees of the Spagyrics 222
The 5th, on the differences of diseases according to regions, etc. 222
Never before published in print.
The 6th, on the Iliados the all-encompassing principle from which all things are born 223
The 7th, on finding doses, and the manner of composing recipes 224
The 8th, on the concordance of diseases and remedies 224
The 9th, on the concordance of remedies and the parts of man 225
The 10th, on preparations, etc. 225
The 11th, a German fragment from a preface to the books on Degrees 225
From the manuscript of D. Io. Mont.
The 12th, on the preparation of liquors, oils, and alkalis from each simple 226
The 13th, on the manner of administering 227
The 14th, various collections on the preparation and use of certain oils, etc. 228
IV. Several fragments on herbal matters:
From the autographs of Theophrastus.
1. Prologue in the book on Herbs, to the physicians of the city 229
2. Note on prime matter 232
3. Fragment of the first book on the virtues of things 232
4. On the errors of Macer, and other herbalists 236
5. Several notes on the virtues of certain herbs