One of his great enthusiasms was for a "sympathetic" weapon salve, an idea originating in Paracelsus.
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Weapon-salve
//ˈwɛpən salv//
Synonyms for "weapon-salve"
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French
1 entries- onguent armaire noun (A type of ointment formerly applied to a weapon in order to heal a wound caused by that weapon)
Polish
1 entries- maść na broń noun (A type of ointment formerly applied to a weapon in order to heal a wound caused by that weapon)
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The supreme example of a magical cure justified by the Neoplatonist belief in occult influences and sympathies was the weapon-salve, around which a fierce controversy raged in the 1630s.
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A century earlier Paracelsus had described the weapon-salve, which was prepared from a number of ingredients including the blood of the injured person.
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