Paracelsus

Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, immortalized as "Paracelsus," was born in 1493. He is perhaps the most well known Alchemist today and is occasionally called 'the father of toxicology'. Below are some links to easy to understand, brief axplanations of who he was and what he did.

Paracelsus: Alchemical Genius of the Middle Ages

PARACELSUS, Five Hundred Years: Three American Exhibits - This is an online version of an exhibit held at three sites in 1993 and 1994 (the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, and Washington University, St. Louis, MO).

Paracelsus - The Wikipedia Entry