Lumos: Renaissance Thinkers Behind the Magic
5. Paracelsus (1493–1541)
Paracelsus from Philosophiae Magnae (Great philosophy), 1567
Creator: Paracelsus and Balthasar Flöter
Courtesy National Library of Medicine
Swiss physician Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, better known as Paracelsus, was among the first to use chemicals and minerals in his remedies. Paracelsus also argued that medical treatment should be a basic right.
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