Paracelsus

UL Gantenbein, Institute for the History of Medicine, Zürich, Switzerland

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003614

1493/94–1541 Swiss physician and philosopher of Swabian origin who propelled the development of medicine, chemistry and pharmacology in the Renaissance.

Keywords: Paracelsus; medicine; alchemy; pharmacology; Renaissance

Figure 1. Paracelsus (1493/94–1541)
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 Further Reading
    book Gillispie CC (ed.) (1970–1980) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
    Gantenbein UL (1999) Das Zürcher Paracelsus-Projekt. Legenden, Kontroversen und Ausblicke in der heutigen Paracelsus-Forschung. Gesnerus 56: 29–51.
    book Pagel W (1982) Paracelsus. An Introduction to Philosophical Medicine in the Era of the Renaissance. Basel: Karger.
    ePath The Zurich Paracelsus Project: http://www.mhiz.unizh.ch/Paracelsus.html

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Gantenbein, UL(Apr 2001) Paracelsus. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0003614]