Fries, Lorenz

He fled to Colmar in Alsace, where he accepted the hospitality of his friend, Dr. Lorenz Fries. However, the Colmar town authorities had heard of what had taken place in Basel and allowed Paracelsus to stay only temporarily, so he went to Esslingen, a small town in Wurttemberg. He hoped to settle there, but was soon forced to leave. It isn t clear what kind of trouble he got into. He later wrote, "My misfortune, which began at Esslingen, was confirmed at Nuremberg. However, he didn t give details. 

In German-speaking lands, books of medicines were addressed to house fathers and house mothers of all social orders, although, as we will see, medicines of the more complicated chemical sort (as opposed to simple herbal remedies) were most often reserved for the wealthier ranks. One well-known author, Lorenz Fries, wrote for lay people of every stripe who because of material and/or geographic necessity had in times of illness to substitute for physicians and apothecaries and take refuge in self-medication. Lay... 

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