Paracelsus - A Phenomenon in Alchemy and Medical Chemistry

Paracelsus, the Swiss doctor Theophrastus PhiUippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541) was a celebrated physician and reformer of therapeutics. His pseudonym Paracelsus had perhaps the meaning superior to Celsus L 

1) Celsus was a Roman author in the century AD. who edited an enqrdopedia covering the whole knowledge of its time in the fields of agriculture, military science, riietoric and medicine. The book 

As an alchemist, Paracelsus believed in the three principles of Arabian alchemy, namely  

He was, however, an alchemist with no interest in making gold. On the contrary, he stated that it is physical and psychic health, not gold, that is important . His work marks the beginning of the emergence of the science of chemistry from alchemy. He tried to apply scientific principles on medicine and became a precursor of modern-day pharmacology. 

The prevalent medical opinion originated from two Greeks, Hippocrates (about 400 Bc) and Galen (ad 129-199), the greatest physicians of antiquity. 

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