Paracelsus
Swiss physician and alchemist
Died when: 47 years 281 days (573 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
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Paracelsus (/?pær?'s?ls?s/; German: [pa?a'ts?lz?s]; 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 1600s.
Paracelsianism is the early modern medical movement inspired by the study of his works.
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