As a physician, natural philosopher, alchemist, magus, astronomer, astrologer, lay theologian, religious philosopher, and social thinker, Paracelsus influenced the thinking of sixteenth-century intellectuals in significant ways. His concept of magic as...

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...