Paracelsus

Paracelsus
Paracelsus
	1538 portrait by Augustin Hirschvogel
Born	Theophrastus von Hohenheim; c. 1493; Egg, near Einsiedeln, Schwyz, Old Swiss Confederacy (present-day Switzerland)
Died	24 September 1541 (aged 47); Salzburg, Archbishopric of Salzburg (present-day Austria)
Other names	Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus, Doctor Paracelsus
Education	University of Basel; University of Ferrara; (M.D., 1515/16);
Era	Renaissance philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Renaissance humanism
Notable ideas	Toxicology; "The dose makes the poison";

Paracelsus (/ˌpærəˈsɛlsəs/; German: [paʁaˈtsɛlzʊs]; c. 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.

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". 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.

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