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Paracelsus ( / ˌpærəˈsɛlsəs /; German: [paʁaˈtsɛlzʊs]; c. 1493 [1] – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim [11] [12] ), was a Swiss [13] physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. [14] [15]
May 16, 2024 · Paracelsus, German-Swiss physician and alchemist who established the role of chemistry in medicine. His chemical remedies, including those containing mercury, sulfur, iron, and copper sulfate, united medicine with chemistry and contributed substantially to the rise of modern medicine.
Mar 3, 2020 · Paracelsus, the Alchemist Who Wed Medicine to Magic. Historian Bruce Moran reveals the life of an itinerant doctor whose work influenced modern science. byElisabeth Berry Drago. Pieter Van Sompel’s undated engraving of Paracelsus, based on a painting by 17th-century Dutch artist Pieter Soutman. Science History Institute.
Feb 23, 2021 · Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim known as Paracelsus was a German-Swiss homo universalis, or Renaissance man, whose interests included medicine, chemistry and toxicology.
Jun 10, 2024 · Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim (1493-1541) was a Swiss physician, natural philosopher and theologian of Swabian origin. By introducing new ideas into medieval medicine, which was still bound to the theories of antiquity, he proposed a reform of Renaissance medicine and pharmacology.
Paracelsus , orig. Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, (born Nov. 11 or Dec. 17, 1493, Einsiedeln, Switz.—died Sept. 24, 1541, Salzburg, Archbishopric of Salzburg), German-born Swiss physician and alchemist.
Paracelsus, born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, was a Swiss German physician, chemist, botanist, alchemist, astrologer and general occultist who is famous for his iconoclastic rebellion against the conservative medical orthodoxy of his day, as well as for his bold, new ideas in medicine, psychology and the healing arts.
