[3] 168:28 Pygmalion. A sculptor and king of Cyprus.
[4] 181:16 recondite. Abstruse or secret.
[5] 168:27 corrosive. Destructive of tissue.
[6] 184:12 vitae. Of life.
[7] 166:3 infusion. The act of pouring in.
[8] 167:1 Albertus Magnus. A famous scholastic philosopher and member of the Dominican order (1193-1280).
[9] 167:1 Cornelius Agrippa. A German philosopher and student of alchemy and magic (1486-1535).
[10] 167:1 Paracelsus. A German-Swiss physician, and alchemist (1492-1541).
[11] 167:10 Royal Society. An association for the advancement of science, founded in London a little before 1660.