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Paracelsus: The Mercurial Mage
This 2002 article "assesses the life and legacy of the self-proclaimed 'monarch of all the arts.'" The articles describes him as a "big man with a bigger ego, his overbearing manner and foul mouth made him enemies everywhere. But beneath the bombast he was one of the most brilliant physicians, scientists and alchemists of the Renaissance." Includes analysis of his influence of the study of chemistry and medicine. From the Fortean Times.
http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/248/paracelsus_the_mercurial_mage.html
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