Paracelsus
PARACELSUS (1493?–1541) was a German alchemist, mystic, and physician. Philippus Aureolos Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim was one of the most bizarre characters in the history o...
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Paracelsian Medicine Leads to a New Understanding of Therapy
Overview
Few issues stirred up debate in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as much as the ideas and writings of the medical reformer ...
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Paracelsus
1493?-1541
Swiss Physician, Pharmacologist and Alchemist
Paracelsus was arguably the most innovative medical mind of the Renaissance. Some denounced him as a charlatan (one who merely prete...
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Paracelsus(1493–1541)
Paracelsus was the pseudonym of Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus (Baumastus) von Hohenheim, the reformer of medicine and pharmacology, chemist, philosopher, icono...
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As a physician, natural philosopher, alchemist, magus, astronomer, astrologer, lay theologian, religious philosopher, and social thinker, Paracelsus influenced the thinking of sixteenth-century intell...
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The flamboyant physician, chemist, teacher and vagabond who called himself Paracelsus was born in Switzerland with the name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim. His mother died whe...
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The Swiss doctor and alchemist Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus (1493-1541) is noted for opposing Galen's medical theories and for founding medical chemistry.The real name of Philippus Aureolus Paracelsu...
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Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, known as Paracelsus, was a Renaissance physician/scientist who helped revolutionize the theory and practice of medicine. One of his most importan...
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