Paracelsus

Paracelsus (late 1493 – September 24, 1541), born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, wis a Swiss German^[5] filosofer, pheesician, botanist, astrologer, an general occultist.^[6] He is creditit as the foonder o toxicology.^[7] He is an aa a famous revolutionary for utilisin observations o naitur, rather nor referrin tae auncient texts, something o radical defiance during his time.^[7] He is creditit for giein zinc its name, cawin it zincum.^[8][9] Modren psychology eften an aa credits him for bein the first tae note that some diseases are ruitit in psychological condeetions.^[10]

Paracelsus
Copy o a lost portrait bi Quentin Matsys
Born	Philip von Hohenheim 11 November 1493(1493-11-11) or 17 December 1493(1493-12-17) Egg, near Einsiedeln, Auld Swiss Confederacy (present-day Swisserland)
Dee'd	24 September 1541(1541-09-24) (aged 47) Salzburg, Archbishopric o Salzburg (present-day Austrick)
Naitionality	Swiss, German
Ither names	Theophrastus von Hohenheim; Phillipus Areolus; Bombastus
Alma mater	Varsity o Ferrara
Era	Renaissance filosofie
Region	Wastren Filosofie
Schuil	Renaissance humanism
Main interests	Alchemy Pheesiology Astrology Science the Occult
Notable ideas	Air is the arche Faither o toxicology "The dose maks the poison"
Influences Johannes Trithemius
Influenced Thomas Muffet,[1] Franciscus Sylvius,[2] Sir Thomas Browne,[3][4] Adam Haslmayr