Paracelsus ( 11 November or 17 December 1493 - 24 September 1541 ) was an alchemist, physician, astrologer, and general occultist. Born Phillip von Hohenheim , he later took up the name Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim , and...
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, known as Paracelsus, was a Renaissance physician/scientist who helped revolutionize the theory and practice of medicine. One of his most important contributions was the application of chemistry to...
The Swiss doctor and alchemist Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus (1493-1541) is noted for opposing Galen's medical theories and for founding medical chemistry. The real name of Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus was Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. He was...
The flamboyant physician, chemist, teacher and vagabond who called himself Paracelsus was born in Switzerland with the name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim. His mother died when he was very young, and he moved to Villach in...
Paracelsus(1493–1541) Paracelsus was the pseudonym of Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus (Baumastus) von Hohenheim, the reformer of medicine and pharmacology, chemist, philosopher, iconoclast, and writer. If he himself assumed this name,...
PARACELSUS (1493?–1541) was a German alchemist, mystic, and physician. Philippus Aureolos Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim was one of the most bizarre characters in the history of science. Commonly known as Paracelsus because in his own...
1493?-1541 Swiss Physician, Pharmacologist and Alchemist Paracelsus was arguably the most innovative medical mind of the Renaissance. Some denounced him as a charlatan (one who merely pretends to possess knowledge or skill) because of his devotion to...
Few issues stirred up debate in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as much as the ideas and writings of the medical reformer Theophrastus von Hohenheim, widely known as Paracelsus (c. 1493-1541). Paracelsus attacked the academic medical...
Paracelsus (11 November or 17 December 1493 in Einsiedeln, Switzerland – 24 September 1541) was an alchemist, physician, astrologer, and general occultist. Born Phillip von Hohenheim, he later took up the name Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus...
Some of the largest and most visible for-profit hospital companies have been trimming the fat this year, dumping hospitals that are unprofitable or don't fit their geographic or strategic models. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. sold enough hospitals to create two new publicly traded companies...
The clock ran out a second time last week for Paracelsus Healthcare Corp., which defaulted on a $16.3 million interest payment originally due Feb. 15. The Houston-based company also announced that one of its nonhospital subsidiaries voluntarily filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11....
