Hohenheim, Theophrastus

Natural and synthetic chemicals affect every phase of our daily Hves ia both good and noxious manners. The noxious effects of certain substances have been appreciated siace the time of the ancient Greeks. However, it was not until the sixteenth century that certain principles of toxicology became formulated as a result of the thoughts of Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim-Paracelsus (1493—1541). Among a variety of other achievements, he embodied the basis for contemporary appreciation of dose—response relationships ia his often paraphrased dictum "Only the dose makes a poison."... 

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Paracelsus. The book concerning the tincture of the philosophers written against those sophists born since the deluge, in the age of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God by Ph. Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim. rhttp //www, sacred-... 

Paracelsus.The Hermetic and alchemical writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, called Paracelsus the Great. Now for the first time... 

Hartmann, Franz. The life and doctrines of Phillippus Theophrastus, bombast of Hohenheim, known by the name of Paracelsus. Extracted and translated from his rare and extensive works and from some unpublished manuscripts. New York American Publishers Co, 1891. 367p. 

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Stillman, John Maxson. Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus his personality and influence as physician, chemist and reformer. Chicago (IL) Open Court Pub Co, 1920. viii, 184 p. 

Stoddart, A.M. The life of Paracelsus Theophrastus von Hohenheim 1493-1541. London Murray, 1911. 309p. 

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Hydrogen was most likely produced accidentally by ancient alchemists who knew it as a gas that burned. The first recorded event of its discovery was by Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (known as the alchemist and physician Paracelsus 1493-1541). It was a well-known explosive gas produced by pouring acids over zinc metal. Paracelsus was unaware that the gas produced by this chemical reaction was hydrogen—the name had not yet been designated. 

A Swiss-German physician and alchemist named Philippus Aureoius Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim, better known as Paraceisus, wrote about the two sides of drug action in an eloquent and memorable way All substances are poisons there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy. ... 

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