Four Treatises of Theophrastus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus

Name: Four Treatises of Theophrastus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus
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ISBN: 9780801855238

ISBN-10: 0801855233

ISBN-13: 9780801855238

Edition: 1996 (Reprint)

Authors: Paracelsus, Henry Sigerest, Gregory Zilboorg, George S. Rosen, Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus

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Born near Einsiedeln in 1493, Philip Theophrastus von Hohenheim, who later called himself Paracelsus, was the son of a physician. His thirst for knowledge led him to study arts in Vienna, then medicine in Italy, but the instruction left him disillusioned. He had learned to see nature with his own eyes, undiluted by the teachings of books. He was a rebellious spirit, hard-headed and stubborn, who travelled all over Europe and the British Isles to practice medicine, study local diseases, and learn from any source he could, humble as it might be. In these years of wanderings, Paracelsus developed his own system of medicine and a philosophy of theology all his own. Though he wrote a great many…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 12/20/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.880




Seven Defensiones, the Reply to Certain Calumniations of His Enemies


Introduction




On the Miners' Sickness and Other Miners' Diseases


Introduction




The Diseases That Deprive Man of His Reason, Such as St. Vitus' Dance, Falling Sickness, Melancholy, and Insanity, and Their Correct Treatment


Introduction




A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on the Other Spirits


Introduction



Literature