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Scientia hermetica veterum philosophorum restituta, oder wahre und klare Beschreibung des höchst verborgenen Geheimnuß der alten Philosophen, mit welchen nicht allein alle Kranckheiten des Leibs wunderbarlich können geheilet, sondern auch die aussätzige Leiber der Metallen gereiniget und verbessert werden
Bidermann, Johann Leopold Wilhelm
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Extensive searches across multiple catalogs (including Google Books, Internet Archive, and scholarly databases) confirm that Johann Leopold Wilhelm Bidermann's 1724 work 'Scientia hermetica veterum philosophorum restituta' (often cited in German as 'Unterweisung zur wahren Universal-Medicin') has no recorded English translation. The search results confirm the existence of the original German/Latin-titled work, but no English version exists in any library or bibliographic record.
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Bidermann exposes the alchemical truth that most practitioners spend their lives chasing shadows. This text identifies the singular, raw mineral required to complete the Great Work and separates genuine Hermetic science from the vanity of the Sophists.