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"A vibrant, original portrait of a man of contradictions," the Renaissance-era Swiss father of modern medicine ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). 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 to be the father of modern medicine. Philip Ball exposes a more complex truth in...

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Author

Philip Ball

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781429921824

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Western

Rating

3.82 / 5 (161 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14