Download or read book Paracelsus written by Bruce T. Moran and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his controversial life, the alchemist, physician, and social-religious radical known as Paracelsus combined traditions that were magical and empirical, scholarly and folk, learned and artisanal. He read ancient texts and then burned “the best” of them. He endorsed both Catholic and Reformation beliefs, but he also believed devoutly in a female deity. He traveled constantly, learning and teaching a new form of medicine based on the experience of miners, bathers, alchemists, midwives, and barber-surgeons. He argued for changes in the way the body was understood, how disease was defined, and how treatments were created, but he was also moved by mystical speculations, an alchemical view of nature, and an intriguing concept of creation. Bringing to light the ideas, diverse works, and major texts of this important Renaissance figure, Bruce T. Moran tells the story of how alchemy refashioned medical practice, showing how Paracelsus’s tenacity and endurance changed the medical world for the better and brought new perspectives to the study of nature.
Download or read book The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim Called Paracelsus the Great written by Paracelsus and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paracelsus Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim 1493 1541 written by Paracelsus and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon Huser's 1589 publication of Paracelsus' works, this dual-language volume combines a critical edition of Essential Theoretical Writings on philosophy, medicine, nature, and the supernatural, with new English translations and extensive commentary on the second largest sixteenth-century German-language corpus.
Download or read book The Devil s Doctor written by Philip Ball and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, who called himself Paracelsus, stands at the cusp of medieval and modern times. A contemporary of Luther, an enemy of the medical establishment, a scourge of the universities, an alchemist, an army surgeon, and a radical theologian, he attracted myths even before he died. His fantastic journeys across Europe and beyond were said to be made on a magical white horse, and he was rumored to carry the elixir of life in the pommel of his great broadsword. His name was linked with Faust, who bargained with the devil. Who was the man behind these stories? Some have accused him of being a charlatan, a windbag who filled his books with wild speculations and invented words. Others claim him as the father of modern medicine. Philip Ball exposes a more complex truth in The Devil's Doctor—one that emerges only by entering into Paracelsus's time. He explores the intellectual, political, and religious undercurrents of the sixteenth century and looks at how doctors really practiced, at how people traveled, and at how wars were fought. For Paracelsus was a product of an age of change and strife, of renaissance and reformation. And yet by uniting the diverse disciplines of medicine, biology, and alchemy, he assisted, almost in spite of himself, in the birth of science and the emergence of the age of rationalism. "Ball produces a vibrant, original portrait of a man of contradictions:" - Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Bridging Traditions written by Karen Hunger Parshall and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridging Traditions explores the connections between apparently different zones of comprehension and experience—magic and experiment, alchemy and mechanics, practical mathematics and geometrical mysticism, things earthy and heavenly, and especially science and medicine—by focusing on points of intersection among alchemy, chemistry, and Paracelsian medical philosophy. In exploring the varieties of natural knowledge in the early modern era, the authors pay tribute to the work of Allen Debus, whose own endeavors cleared the way for scholars to examine subjects that were once snubbed as suitable only to the refuse heap of the history of science.
Download or read book Pseudo Paracelsus written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its innovative studies and its extensive catalogue of texts erroneously attributed to Paracelsus (1493/4-1541), this volume explores largely overlooked aspects of the Paracelsian movement in Renaissance and early modern medicine, science, natural philosophy, theology and religion.
Download or read book The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus written by Paracelsus and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unabridged, unaltered printing of Volume 1 of 2, to include comprehensive table of contents and index at book's end, with preface to the English edition, Part I Hermetic Chemistry, and Appendices -
Download or read book The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists written by Theophrastus Paracelsus and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The life of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim known by the name of Paracelsus and the substance of his teachings written by Franz Hartmann and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Four Treatises of Theophrastus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus written by Paracelsus and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1996-12-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together these essays show one of the most original minds of the Renaissance at the height of his powers.
Download or read book The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus Volumes One and Two written by Paracelsus and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unabridged, unaltered printing of Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Arthur Edward Waite, to include comprehensive tables of contents and respective indexes at volume's end, with preface to the English edition, Hermetic Chemistry, Hermetic Medicine, Hermetic Philosophy, and Appendices -
Download or read book The Alchemy of Disease written by John Whysner and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the dawn of the industrial age, we have unleashed a bewildering number of potentially harmful chemicals. But out of this vast array, how do we identify the actual threats? What does it take to prove that a certain chemical causes cancer? How do we translate academic knowledge of the toxic effects of particular substances into understanding real-world health consequences? The science that answers these questions is toxicology. In The Alchemy of Disease, John Whysner offers an accessible and compelling history of toxicology and its key findings. He details the experiments and discoveries that revealed the causal connections between chemical exposures and diseases. Balancing clear accounts of groundbreaking science with human drama and public-policy relevance, Whysner describes key moments in the development of toxicology and their thorny social and political implications. The book features discussions of toxicological problems past and present, including DDT, cigarettes and other carcinogens, lead poisoning, fossil fuels, chemical warfare, pharmaceuticals—including opioids—and the efficacy of animal testing. Offering valuable insight into the science and politics of crucial public-health concerns, The Alchemy of Disease shows that toxicology’s task—pinpointing the chemical cause of an illness—is as compelling as any detective story.
Download or read book Paracelsus written by Paracelsus and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 1999-12-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regarded today as the father of modern medicine, Paracelsus (1493-1541) was in fact much more besides. Natural scientist, philosopher, alchemist, with a deep distrust of orthodoxy and rational thought, he intermixed Christian theology with the Qabalah, believing that magic reveals the invisible influences behind things, bringing heavenly forces down to earth.
Download or read book The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus written by Paracelsus and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unabridged, unaltered printing of Volume 2 of 2, to include comprehensive table of contents and index at book's end, with preface to the English edition, Hermetic Medicine, Hermetic Philosophy, and Appendices -
Download or read book Paracelsus Alchemy written by Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastu and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected Alchemical writings of Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim including: Coelum philosophorum The Book Concerning The Tincture Of The Philosophers The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists The Aurora of the Philosophers Paracelsus (born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 11 November or 17 December 1493 - 24 September 1541) was a German-Swiss Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist. He founded the discipline of toxicology. He is also known as a revolutionary for insisting upon using observations of nature, rather than looking to ancient texts, in open and radical defiance of medical practice of his day. He is also credited for giving zinc its name, calling it zincum, and for the terms "gas," "chemistry," and "alcohol." Modern psychology often also credits him for being the first to note that some diseases are rooted in psychological illness. His personality was stubborn and independent. He grew progressively more frustrated and bitter as he became more embattled as a reformer. "Paracelsus," meaning "equal to or greater than Celsus," refers to the Roman encyclopedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus from the 1st century, known for his tract on medicine.
Download or read book The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus written by Paracelsus and published by NuVision Publications. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alchemical Catechism, The Aurora of the Philosophers, The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists, The Coelum Philosophorum, and The Book Concerning The Tincture Of The Philosophers are all contained in this one volume.
Download or read book Archidoxes of Magic written by Theophrastus Paracelsus and published by Nicolas-Hays. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a source work of medieval magic that gives complete sets of zodiacal lames, characters, and planetary sigils, with full details for their manufacture and consecration, often omitted by later writers. Paracelsus is essentially concerned with the practical applications of magic, especially with regard to healing, rather than the extravagant fantasies of theorists. His sections on alchemy include details of the planetary spirits, the conjunction of the male and female principles, and each step on the path to the Tincture--one of the most complete descriptions in the whole Hermetic canon. Paracelsus outlines techniques for the exorcism of evil spirits, conjuration, and counteracting witchcraft. Stephen Skinner's introduction provides a brief biography of Paracelsus and explains the influence of his work on the Western Mystery Tradition.
