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Paracelsus
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originally Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim
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pronunciation:
[paraselsus]
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| Alchemist and physician, born in Einsiedeln, NC Switzerland. He travelled widely in Europe and the Middle East, learning about alchemy, and acquiring great fame as a medical practitioner (1526) introducing laudanum, sulphur, lead, and mercury into Western therapeutics. He became town physician and lecturer at Basel (1527), but his controversial views caused his exile in 1538. He travelled through Europe until settling at Salzburg in 1541. He established the use of chemistry in medicine, gave the most up-to-date description of syphilis, and was the first to argue that small doses of what makes people ill can also cure them. |
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