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Paracelsus

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Par·a·cel·sus  (pr-slss) Originally Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. 1493-1541.
German-Swiss alchemist and physician. He held that illness was the result of external agents attacking the body rather than imbalances within the body and advocated the use of chemicals against disease-causing agents.
Paracelsus [ˌpærəˈsɛlsəs]
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(Biographies / Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus (1493-1541) M, Swiss, MEDICINE: physician, SCIENCE: chemist) Philippus Aureolus (ˈfɪlɪpəs ˌɔːrɪˈəʊləs), real name Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. 1493-1541, Swiss physician and alchemist, who pioneered the use of specific treatment, based on observation and experience, to remedy particular diseases
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Noun1.Paracelsus - Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541)
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim


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When I returned home my first care was to procure the whole works of this author, and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus.
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