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D. Tilemanni, ChymJarro Mathematici, Lapis Ignis Basilij, Das ist: Guldiner Apffel, Von dem Goldbaum deß jrrdischen Lebens decerpiret : durch welches Anatomi die geheime vnd verborgene Vniversal-Medicin, sambt andern hierzu nöthigen Wissenschafften, geoffenbaret wird
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple library catalogs (including local catalogs, Google Books, Internet Archive, and the Library of Congress) yielded no evidence of an English translation of Johannes Tilemann's 'Lapis Ignis Basilij'. The work appears in bibliographies of alchemical literature, but only in its original German language. No partial or complete English translations were found.
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Johannes Tilemann offers a daring vision of a universal medicine forged from gold. This treatise challenges the medical establishment of the seventeenth century by arguing that physicians should strengthen a patient's vital spirit instead of purging their body.