Paracelsus, Philippus Theophrastus

Paracelsus. The aurora of the philosophers. By Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, Paracelsus the Great, which he otherwise calls his Monarchia. (note 1). [Richardson (TX)] [R.A.M.S.], n.d. 54p. 

Paracelsus. The Coelum Philosophorum, or book of vexations by Philippus Theophrastus Paracelsus. The science and nature of alchemy, and what opinion should be formed thereof. Regulated by the seven rules or fundamental canons according to the seven commonly known metals and containing a preface with certain treatises and appendices. rhttp //www.levitv.com/alchemv/ coelum.htmll. 

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

Paracelsus. The Treasure of Treasures by Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, Paracelsus the Great As also The Water-Stone of The Wise Men Describing the matter of, and manner how to attain the universal Tincture. Faithfully Englished. And Published by J.H. Oxon. London, Printed for Giles Calvert, and are to be sold at the Black Spred Eagle, at the West end of Pauls, 1659. [Richardson (TX)] [R.A.M.S.], n.d. [1], lOp. 

Paracelsus. The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists, by Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, Paracelsus the Great, r http //www.sacred-texts.com/alc/paracel 1. html. 

Paracelsus Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541) Swiss-German Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer and general occultist. 

Paracelsus (Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim) develops new study of iatrochemistiy, use of chemistry in medicine. He introduces the doctrine of the tria prima medical substances are made up of the four Aristotelian elements. 

The foundations of modem chemistty were laid in the sixteenth century with the development of systematic metallurgy (extraction of metals from ores) by a German, Georg Bauer (1494-1555), and the medicinal application of minerals by a Swiss alchemist/physician known as Paracelsus (full name Philippus Theophrastus Bom-bastus von Hohenheim [1493-1541]). 

Shakespeare, in reply to his ow n question, What s in a name , remarked that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. A similar judgment could hardly be applied to Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombast von Hohenheim (or, more correctly, Banbast von Hohen-hain), who, fortunately, was called Paracelsus for short. Without this impressive string of names, which he built up as he went along (for he was christened plain Philip), it seems doubtful whether Paracelsus would have been able to divert the twin streams of alchemy and medicine into new channels. This remarkable feat he accomplished by means of shock tactics, in which his formidable name must have carried considerable weight. 

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."... 

Dictionary of Scientific Biography., 1974. S.v. "Paracelsus, Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim," by Walter Pagel. 

Whilst Europe was experiencing the great changes wrought by Humanism and the Reformation, alchemy had its own reformer in the shape of Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, who adopted the nom de plume of Paracelsus. 

The Spanish chemist Raymundus Lullius learned of ether in 1275 from the Moors, who had brought the discovery to Spain. Lullius called it sweet vitriol. In 1540, German botanist and apothecary Valerius Cordus described how to synthesize ether. Around the same time, a Swiss alchemist, scientist, and medical visionary named Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (otherwise known by his adopted name Paracelsus) discovered ether s hypnotic effects. Paracelsus, who declared himself the monarch of all the arts, also reintroduced opium to European medicine as laudanum, a mixture of opium and alcohol. For centuries this was the most effective painkiller available. 

Another celebrated alchemist, Paracelsus lived from 1493 to 1534. He was bom Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim but called himself both Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim and Paracelsus. Others honored him as the Swiss Hermes because he had learned the secrets of alchemy in Constantinople and from them developed the first cure for syphilis. In his Theory of Alchemy, Paracelsus proposed ritual Questions and Answers to confirm the perfection of the soul ... 

Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (known more commonly as Paracelsus), a sixteenth-century Swiss physician, was formulating ideas about poisons and toxicology that are still in use. He carefully studied plant and animal poisons and determined that specific chemical compounds, rather than the plant or animal itself, which was immune to the poison it carried, were responsible for... 

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