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Paracelsus — Arabic Translation (PH254)
Paracelsus; Salih ibn Nasrallah ibn Sallum
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across major scholarly catalogs (UNESCO, LOC, Open Library, Google Books, Internet Archive, OpenAlex) yielded no evidence of an English translation of the Arabic work 'Kīmiyā al-Malakīyah' (Royal Chemistry) by Salih ibn Nasrallah ibn Sallum, which synthesizes Paracelsian thought. While Paracelsus's original Latin and German works have been translated, this specific Arabic adaptation remains untranslated into English.
Verified Mar 31, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, openalex, loc, ustc · methodology
This text translates Paracelsian alchemy into the language of the Islamic Golden Age. Readers will learn how to extract the hidden healing spirits from minerals and plants to treat everything from the plague to nervous disorders.