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Commentary on the Islamic alchemist Geber (Jābir ibn Hayyān) by Giovanni Braccesco, alchemist and physician from Brescia. The Esposition is arranged as a dialogue between instructor and student on how to guard against infirmities of the "humid radical." Also included is Braccesco's "Legna della vita...." which discusses the means by which man's ancestors lived 900 years. The "legna della vita" or "wood of life" is also called the Universal Balsam or Panacea, which cures all diseases and maintains youth., di misser Giouanni Bracescho da Iorci noui, nella qvale si dichiarano molti nobilissimi secreti della natura ..., Text printed in italic type., Leaves 74r-83r: Dialogo di M. Giouanni Braccescho da Iorci noui, nominato il legno della uita: nel quale si dichiara qual fusse la medicina per la quale gli primi padri, uiueano nouecento anni. |
