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| Author=Bernard Gilles Penot
| Recipient=Reader
| Type=Postface
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| Language=lat
| Editor=Julian Paulus
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| SourceTitle=Tractatus varii, de vera praeparatione et usu medicamentorum chymicorum
| SourceEditor=Bernard Gilles Penot
| SourcePlace=Frankfurt am Main: Johann Feyerabend for Peter Fischer
| SourceDate=1594
| SourceBP=BP.Penot.1594-01
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| SourceSig=Q7r-Q8v
| SourcePag=253-256
| Text=2024-02-22
| Translation=2024-02-27
| TranslationModel=4
| AbstractGPT=The text is a conclusion to a treatise on the various types of salts, highlighting their origins, properties, and distinctions. It categorizes salts into mineral, vegetable, and animal types, with a focus on the fixed (stable) salts among these categories. The document mentions specific examples like the salt of bread extracted from sea or well waters, and gem salt, which is prized for its clarity and superior quality, found notably in Spain (Cardona) and Hungary. The text emphasizes the significance of alkali salt, considered the most noble among salts, particularly for its medicinal virtues. </br> Following the discourse on salts, the text transitions to a reflection on the practice of medicine, lamenting the lack of divine acknowledgment in the medical texts and practices of the era. It argues that piety and spiritual wellness are integral to effective medical treatment, especially when physical ailments may stem from spiritual or moral failings. The author praises three doctors—Arnaldus de Villanova, Gordonius, and Raimundus Lullus—for integrating spiritual counsel and divine invocation into their healing practices. Raimundus Lullus's prayer before administering medicine is presented as an exemplar for medical practitioners, emphasizing the necessity of divine blessing for the efficacy of medicinal treatments. 
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