Paracelsus
c. 1493–1541
Swiss physician who pioneered the use of chemicals in medicine.
Paracelsus (c. 1493–1541) was a physician, born in Egg and died in Salzburg.
- Known as
- Physician
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- c. 1493, Egg
- Died
- 1541, Salzburg
Alive at the same time as Paracelsus
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Portrait: After Quinten Metsys, Public domain.
