The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science

"A vibrant, original portrait of a man of contradictions," the Renaissance-era Swiss father of modern medicine (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, who called himself Paracelsus, stands at the cusp of medieval and modern times. A contemporary of Luther, an enemy of the medical establishment, a scourge of the universities, an alchemist, an army surgeon, and a radical theologian, he attracted myths even before he died. His fantastic journ...