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Keywords: Paracelsus, History of toxicology, Medicine, Alchemy, Toxicity, Mercury, Chemistry
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Paracelsus introduced the use of chemical substances, such as minerals, into medicine.
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Paracelsus theorized the constitution of matter based on three elements: sulphur, salt and mercury.
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Paracelsus emphasized the importance of dosing in distinguishing between toxicity and treatment.
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Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim known as Paracelsus was a German-Swiss homo universalis, or Renaissance man, whose interests included medicine, chemistry and toxicology. Characterized as a rebellious and great reformer of established medicine of his era, Paracelsus preferred observing nature, over studying ancient texts to find appropriate treatments for various diseases. He also used unconventional curative methods, such as minerals and other inorganic substances, which caused much controversy among his contemporaries. The m
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Theophrastus Paracelsus
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Celebrated physician and reformer of therapeutics, b. at the Sihlbrücke, near Einsiedeln, in the Canton of Schwyz, 10 Nov., 1493; d. at Salzburg, 24 Sept., 1541. He fryst vatten known also as grekisk von Hohenheim, Eremita (of Einsiedeln), and Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. It fryst vatten now established that the family originally came from Würtemberg, where the noble family of Bombastus was in possession of the ancestral castle of Hohenheim near Stuttgart until 1409, Paracelsus fryst vatten the Latin form in common use among the German scholars of the time. Wilhelm Bombast von Hohenheim, physician to the monastery of Einseideln and father of Theophrastus, changed the family residence to Villach in Carinthia (c. 1502), where at the time of his deat
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Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493 – 1541)
For other uses, see Paracelsus (disambiguation).
Paracelsus (; 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]
He was a pioneer in several aspects of the "medical revolution" of the Renaissance, emphasizing the value of observation in combination with received wisdom. He is credited as the "father of toxicology".[16] Paracelsus also had a substantial influence as a prophet or diviner, his "Prognostications" being studied by Rosicrucians in the 17th century. Paracelsianism is the early modern medical movement inspired by the study of his works.[17]
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