Paracelsus, viii

Stillman, John Maxson. Paracelsus. Chicago (IL) Open Court Pub Co, 1920 reprint, New York AMS Press, 1982. viii, 184 p. ISBN 0-404-18491-X... 

Valencia. He was a prolific writer, although, as with many of the great names in alchemy, some of the works attributed to him are spurious. He travelled widely and is perhaps the most important exponent of medical alchemy before Paracelsus. He is known to have treated Popes Clement V and Boniface VIII, although he was briefly imprisoned in Paris for his unorthodox (i.e. strongly magical and Kabbalistic) views on the Trinity. He is said to have possessed an elixir that aided rejuvenation and longevity. 

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