Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Paracelsus"
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Paracelsus
n : Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular
illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw
illness as having an external cause (rather than an
imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies
with chemical remedies (1493-1541) [syn: {Paracelsus}, {Philippus
Aureolus Paracelsus}, {Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus
Bombastus von Hohenheim}]
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