Bücher von Paracelsus

The Coelum Philosophorum, or book of vexations; the science and nature of alchemy, and what opinion should be formed thereof. Regulated by the seven rules or fundamental canons according to the seven commonly known metals; and containing a preface with certain treatises and appendices.

Written in the late 16th Century, this is a classic and very unique work containing Questions & Answers with Theophrastus Paracelsus "Alchemical Catechism" is also known as "A Short Catechism of Alchemy".

The ways of alchemy within alchemical manuscripts themselves can be confusing and arcane. Here, in a work attributed to Paracelsus, (although it was manufactured later and merely retains his tradition of work) it is explained in some depth, in a more compact manner.

The enigmatic sixteenth-century Swiss physician and natural philosopher Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus, is known for the almost superhuman energy with which he produced his innumerable writings, for his remarkable achievements in the development of science, and for his reputation as a visionary (not to mention sorcerer) and alchemist. Little is known of his biography beyond his legendary achievements, and the details of his life have been filled in over the centuries by his admirers. This richly illustrated anthology presents in modernized language a selection of the moral thought of a man who was not only a self-willed genius charged with the dynamism of an impetuous and turbulent age but also in many ways a humble seeker after truth, who deeply influenced C. G. Jung and his followers.

Frontmatter -- Vorrede -- Inhalts-Anzeige -- Berichtigungen -- I Ueberblich über die Geschichte der Medicin bis zu ihrer Reformation durch Paracelsus. -- II. Das System der Medicin des Theophrastus Paracelsus -- III. Ueberblick über die Geschichte der Medicin von ihrer Reformation bis zur Gegenwart -- Anhang

Originaltext und ausführlicher historischer und medizinischer Kommentar von Irmgard MüllerHier handelt es sich um die erste Monographie über die Krankheiten einer besonderen Berufsgruppe. Das Werk markiert den Anfang der arbeitsmedizinischen Literatur überhaupt. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Lungenerkrankungen (Tbc, Lungenkrebs, Staublunge) sowie Metallvergiftungen (Quecksilber, Arsen, Schwefel, Kupfer, Blei, etc.) und die Herstellung chemischer Verbindungen als Heilmittel mithilfe alchemistischer Prozeduren. Die geistige Tradition des paracelsischen Krankheitskonzepts, in dem sich alchemistisches Wissen, Astrologie und magische Entsprechungslehre, antike Säftelehre und Qualitätspathologie zu einem neuen Verständnis von Gesundheit und Krankheit vermischen, wird ebenso erläutert wie die Rezeptionsgeschichte dieses Querdenkers in der Medizin.Irmgard Müller ist emeritierte Professorin für Geschichte der Medizin an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.