Paracelsus
Renaissance physician and alchemist
1493 – 1541 · 15th century
Born Theophrastus von Hohenheim, Paracelsus challenged the ancient medical authorities of his time and developed an approach to medicine grounded in observation and experiment. He is known for the saying, "All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; the dose alone makes the poison."
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Einsiedeln, İsviçre
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Pioneered the use of chemical remedies in medicine
Laid the foundations of toxicology
Die grosse Wundartzney (The Great Surgery Book)