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Paracelsus, byname of Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim
(born Nov. 11 or Dec. 17, 1493, Einsiedeln, Switz.—died Sept. 24, 1541, Salzburg, Archbishopric of Salzburg [now in Austria]), German-Swiss physician and alchemist who established the role of chemistry in medicine. He published Der grossen Wundartzney (Great Surgery Book) in 1536 and a clinical description of syphilis in 1530.
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(1493-1541). Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, physician and chemist, probably invented the name by which he is generally known. Paracelsus means "superior to Celsus," Celsus being an early Roman physician. Because of his arrogance and conceit, Paracelsus was not well liked by other physicians. Many great men, however, called on him to heal them.
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