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Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)

Also known as: Philip von Hohenheim, Philipp von Hohenheim, Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus Theophrast Bombast von Hohenheim, Philippus Aureolus Theophrast Bombastus von Hohenheim, Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim

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Known works

A storehouse of physicall and philosophicall secrets: Teaching to Distill All Manner of Oyles ...
Four treatises of Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1941)
Four treatises of Theophrastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus (1941)
The archidoxes of magic (1975)
Avr. Philip. Theoph. Paracelsi Bombast ab Hohenheim ... opera omnia