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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.
Jan 1, 2000 · Paracelsus died in Salzburg on 24 September 1541 at the age of 48, a bitter, frustrated, and angry reformer. Paracelsus' publications include several almanacs and a few medical works, but his most famous text was Grosse Wundartzney (published in 1536), which dealt with medical problems and had several chapters on the treatment of gunshot wounds.
The Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus was one of the most influential medical scientists in early modern Europe. His real name was Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim and he was the son of a doctor.
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. He claimed to have received his doctoral degree at the University of Ferrara.
Jun 10, 2024 · The numerous works of Paracelsus cover a wide range such as the description of natural substances and their alchemical processing, pharmaceutical methods, diseases, wound care and clinical observation within surgery, spas and much more.
Mar 23, 2023 · Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus (b. 1493/94–d. 1541), was a prominent 16th-century figure in the history of science, medicine, and esoterica, and also a radical reformer of the early Reformation.
