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Paracelsus

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Paracelsus
Copy o a lost portrait bi Quentin Matsys
BornPhilip von Hohenheim
11 November 1493(1493-11-11) or
17 December 1493(1493-12-17)
Egg, near Einsiedeln, Auld Swiss Confederacy (present-day Swisserland)
Dee'd24 September 1541(1541-09-24) (aged 47)
Salzburg, Archbishopric o Salzburg (present-day Austrick)
NaitionalitySwiss, German
Ither namesTheophrastus von Hohenheim; Phillipus Areolus; Bombastus
Alma materVarsity o Ferrara
EraRenaissance filosofie
RegionWastren Filosofie
SchuilRenaissance humanism
Main interests
Alchemy
Pheesiology
Astrology
Science
the Occult
Notable ideas
Air is the arche
Faither o toxicology
"The dose maks the poison"

Paracelsus (late 1493 – September 24, 1541), born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, wis a Swiss German[5] filosofer, pheesician, botanist, astrologer, an general occultist.[6] He is creditit as the foonder o toxicology.[7] He is an aa a famous revolutionary for utilisin observations o naitur, rather nor referrin tae auncient texts, something o radical defiance during his time.[7] He is creditit for giein zinc its name, cawin it zincum.[8][9] Modren psychology eften an aa credits him for bein the first tae note that some diseases are ruitit in psychological condeetions.[10]

References

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  1. ↑ Geoffrey Davenport, Ian McDonald, Caroline Moss-Gibbons (Editors), The Royal College of Physicians and Its Collections: An Illustrated History, Royal College of Physicians, 2001, p. 48.
  2. ↑ Digitaal Wetenschapshistorisch Centrum (DWC) - KNAW: "Franciscus dele Boë" Archived 2022-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Manchester Guardian 19 October 1905
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 1 Apryle 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Paracelsus", Britannica, retrieved 24 November 2011
  6. ↑ Allen G. Debus, "Paracelsus and the medical revolution of the Renaissance"—A 500th Anniversary Celebration from the National Library of Medicine (1993), p. 3.
  7. 1 2 "Paracelsus: Herald of Modern Toxicology". Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Habashi, Fathi. Discovering the 8th metal (PDF). International Zinc Association. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 6 Juin 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2016..
  9. ↑ Hefner Alan G. "Paracelsus".
  10. ↑ "Paracelsus - Physician and Alchemist - Biography". Archived frae the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.