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The Aphorisms of Urbigerus contain one hundred short sections, statements on alchemy, the creation of elixir, and the processing of materials according to Hermetic tradition. Written in 1690, it provides one of the most detailed looks at the alchemical process in its age. Repudiating charlatans and "vulgar chemists," the work forsakes the veils of spirituality and delivers to the reader a largely literal description of the creation of philosophical medicine.