Paracelsus

Paracelsus
Paracelsus
	1538 portrait by Augustin Hirschvogel
Born	Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim; 10 November 1493; Egg, Schwyz, Swiss Confederacy; (now Switzerland)
Died	24 September 1541 (aged 47); Salzburg, Salzburg; (now Austria)
Education
Education	University of Basel; University of Ferrara; (M.D., 1515/16);
Philosophical work
Era	Renaissance philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Renaissance humanism
Institutions	University of Basel
Main interests	Medicine, alchemy, astrology, theology
Notable ideas	Toxicology; "The dose makes the poison";

Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim (10 November 1493 – 24 September 1541), known as Paracelsus, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.

He was a pioneer in several aspects of the medical revolution of the Renaissance, emphasizing the value of observation in combination with received wisdom. He is credited as the "father of toxicology". Paracelsus also had a substantial influence as a prophet or diviner, his "Prognostications" being studied by Rosicrucians in the 17th century. Paracelsianism is the early modern medical movement inspired by the study of his works.