print email comment close Paracelsus: The Mercurial Mage URL: http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/248/paracelsus_the_mercurial_mage.html Description: 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. Author: Hambling, David Publisher: Fortean Times Extra Keywords Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Library of Congress Subject Headings: Alchemy Medicine -- History Paracelsus, 1493-1541 People Science -- History -- 16th century LII Database Information: Record 21393 created by Maria Brandt on 05/01/2006 Last modification on 05/26/2007 Published: 05/04/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21393