Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus
Bombastus von Hohenheim:
"Paracelsus"
(1490-1541)

Contemporary print of Paracelus. Part quack, part physician of genius, Paracelsus claimed "...I possess a secret remedy which I call laudanum and which is superior to all other heroic remedies."


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