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Paracelsus, five hundred years: three American exhibits, 1993

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ExhibitionAn Extraordinary Life

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Portrait of balding man holding a scientific instrument in both hands.

3. Theophrastus Paracelsus, 1541

Theophrastus Paracelsus, 1541

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A physician and alchemist, Paracelsus established the role of chemistry in medicine.

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