Paracelsus
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]
Paracelsus | |
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 Copy o a lost portrait bi Quentin Matsys | |
| Born | Philip von Hohenheim 11 November 1493 or 17 December 1493 Egg, near Einsiedeln, Auld Swiss Confederacy (present-day Swisserland) |
| Dee'd | 24 September 1541 (aged 47) Salzburg, Archbishopric o Salzburg (present-day Austrick) |
| Naitionality | Swiss, German |
| Ither names | Theophrastus von Hohenheim; Phillipus Areolus; Bombastus |
| Alma mater | Varsity o Ferrara |
| Era | Renaissance filosofie |
| Region | Wastren Filosofie |
| Schuil | Renaissance humanism |
Main interests | Alchemy Pheesiology Astrology Science the Occult |
Notable ideas | Air is the arche Faither o toxicology "The dose maks the poison" |
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References eedit
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Digitaal Wetenschapshistorisch Centrum (DWC) - KNAW: "Franciscus dele Boë"
- ↑ Manchester Guardian 19 October 1905
- ↑ http://www.levity.com/alchemy/sir_thomas_browne.html
- ↑ "Paracelsus", Britannica, retrieved 24 November 2011
- ↑ Allen G. Debus, "Paracelsus and the medical revolution of the Renaissance"—A 500th Anniversary Celebration from the National Library of Medicine (1993), p. 3.
- ↑ a b "Paracelsus: Herald of Modern Toxicology". Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ↑ Habashi, Fathi. Discovering the 8th metal (PDF). International Zinc Association. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 6 Juin 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2016..
- ↑ Hefner Alan G. "Paracelsus".
- ↑ "Paracelsus - Physician and Alchemist - Biography". Archived frae the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.