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Paracelsian physicians held that through this method the medically beneficial ingredients of a compound (the purified tria prima) were separated from the harmful and toxic ones, turning even some poisons into medicines. [2] This procedure involved fermentation, distillation, and extraction of mineral components from the ash of the plant.
Paracelsus was born in Egg an der Sihl [], [18] a village close to the Etzel Pass in Einsiedeln, Schwyz.He was born in a house next to a bridge across the Sihl river.His father Wilhelm (d. 1534) was a chemist and physician, an illegitimate descendant of the Swabian noble Georg [] Bombast von Hohenheim (1453–1499), commander of the Order of Saint John in Rohrdorf.
Peder Sørensen (1542–1602), widely known by his Latinized name, Petrus Severinus, [1] was a Danish physician, and one of the most significant followers of Paracelsus.His works include the major treatise Idea medicinae philosophicae (Ideal of Philosophical Medicine) (1571), which asserted the superiority of the ideas of Paracelsus to those of Galen. [2]
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Thomas Muffet (also Moufet, Mouffet, [1] or Moffet) (1553 – 5 June 1604) was an English naturalist and physician. He is best known his study of insects and arthropods in regard to medicine (particularly spiders), his support of the Paracelsian system of medicine, and his emphasis on the importance of experience over reputation in the field of medicine.
The chemical philosophy: Paracelsian science and medicine in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (1977, 2nd ed., 2002, Dover reprint, 2013) Man and nature in the Renaissance (Cambridge, 1978) Chemistry, Alchemy and the New Philosophy, 1550-1770: Studies in the History of Science and Medicine (Variorum Reprints, 1987)
Goclenius argues that the principles of Paracelsian medicine are symbolic and lack a solid foundation in healing; defends the traditional humoral theory of Hippocrates & Galen; concludes that Paracelsian remedies are dangerous; endorses the traditional Hippocratic & Galenic medical practices.] Büdingen years (1601-1608):
During Fludd's time at St John's College, the Medical Fellow in residence was Matthew Gwinne; Gwinne had previously produced a tract indicating that, while he practiced Galenic medicine, he was also familiar with the main Paracelsian medical work. Fludd may have encountered Gwinne, or his writing, during his time at Oxford, providing an ...