Claudius

J Claudius, T Gerber, J Weigelt, M Kinzler. Thin Solid Pihns 287 225-231, 1996. 

INSERM E9910, Institut Claudius Regaud, 20 rue du Pont St Pierre, 31052 Toulouse, France... 

Humans also learned that poisons could be obtained from plants. In classical Rome, for example, mushrooms were the poison of choice and were expertly used by Agrippina, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Nero. Agrippina had Lollia Paulina put to death because Claudius, in a careless moment, remarked on Lollia s beauty. 

Vermouth was initially made from red wine, produced to be slightly sweet, and possess a mildly sharp after taste. However, around 1800, dry vermouth made its appearance in the Marseilles, France. In 1813, Joseph Noilly created the style that came to be known as dry or French vermouth. By 1855, Noilly s son, Louis, and his brother-in-law, Claudius Prat, were producing Noilly Prat dry vermouth in southern France. This white, wine-based, fortified drink, is now flavored with as many as 40 aromatic herbs and flavorings, such as juniper, cloves, quinine, orange peel, nutmeg, and coriander (The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1995). 

The soul and body of Claudius will remain free and will belong unto him alone. 

He [Claudius] requests that he will be given protection and support in all matters that are just, legal, and honest. 

No mortal shall enter the living quarters of Claudius during his work, except for the lord, who retains the right to enter where and when he may please. 

Claudius requests that, if his health is in any way impaired during this work (God grant that this shall not occur), he may receive a suitable pension for the remainder of his days on earth. 

May the contract between lord [Rozmberk] and Claudius receive the blessing of God. May the medicines made and finished be divided evenly and fairly between lord [Rozmberk] and Claudius. 

Claudius does not promise anything about the perfection of the magisterium, but he will carry out his art with all his energy and ability may the Lord God decide about the perfection thereof. If his work may be unsuccessful, Claudius should not be considered an impostor and deceitful. Let the generosity of His Honor provide all else that is needful. 

I, Claudius Syrrus Romanus, sign by my own hand that all that is written above will be carried out with good and holy faithfulness.55... 

In exchange for half of the alchemical medicines Syrrus was to produce, in other words, Rozmberk offered this alchemist full room and board, political protection, and even a sort of health insurance. Moreover, Claudius was sure to make it clear that his success was dependent on God s will alone he could not be held responsible for failure. 

This translation is based loosely on Vladimir Karpenko s in Karpenko, "Bohemian Nobility and Alchemy in the Second Half of the 16th Century," 14-18. The original agreement between Claudius Syrrus Romanus and Vilem Rozmberk, dated 9 January 1577, can be found in SOA Trebon RRA 25. 

Agreement between Claudius Syrrus Romanus and Vilem Rozmberk,... 

See Daniel Prandtner von Prandt to Vilem Rozmberk, 4 December 1576, and Claudius Syrrus Romanus s contract of 9 January 1577, SOA Trebon RRA 25. George Starkey offers a seventeenth-century example. See Newman and Principe, Alchemy Tried in the Fire, 96-100. Robert Boyle also had laboratories in his three homes, as did his employee Godfrey Hanckwitz. See Shapin, "The House of Experiment in Seventeenth-Century England," 379-80 and Lawrence M. Principe, The Aspiring Adept Robert Boyle and His Alchemical Quest (Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1998), 134-37. 

Detlef W. Hahnemann7, Michael R. Hoffmann, Andrew P. Hong, and Claudius Kormann... 

Claudius Galen (AD 129-200) first attempted to consider the theoretical background of pharmacology. Both theory and practical experience were to contribute equally to the rational use of medicines through interpretation of the observed and the experienced results ... 

Claudius poisoned by poisoner Locusta acting for Agrippina using belladonna-adulterated edible mushroom... 

The trace metal contents of so-called imitation coins of Caligula and Claudius, some of which may have been minted in France and England for the Roman Army, diflEer significantly from those of coins minted in Rome (4) ... 

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