Title page from 'Der grossen Wundartzney' (Great Surgery Book, 1536) by the Swiss alchemist and physician Paracelsus (1493-1541). Originally Philippus
Title page from 'Der grossen Wundartzney' (Great Surgery Book, 1536) by the Swiss alchemist and physician Paracelsus (1493-1541). Originally Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, he renamed himself Paracelsus (better than the Roman physician Celsus). Paracelsus travelled widely, absorbing the medical knowledge of many cultures. He also tried to find a magical medicine or elixir of life.
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