Paracelsianism
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Paracelsianism (also Paracelsism; German: Paracelsismus) was an
early modern medical movement based on the theories and therapies of Paracelsus
.
It developed in the second half of the 16th century, during the decades following Paracelsus' death in 1541, and it flourished during the first half of the 17th century, representing one of the most comprehensive alternatives to therapeutics derived from Galenic physiology
.
Based on the by then antiquated principle of maintaining harmony between the
iatrochemical
techniques.
Spagyric
Spagyric, or spagyria, is a method developed by
tria prima: sulphur, mercury, and salt) and then again recombining them. Paracelsian physicians held that through this method the medically beneficial ingredients of a compound (the purified tria prima) were separated from the harmful and toxic ones, turning even some poisons into medicines.[2]
This procedure involved
fermentation, distillation, and extraction of mineral components from the ash of the plant. These processes were in use in medieval alchemy generally for the separation and purification of metals from ores (see Calcination), and salts from brines and other aqueous solutions.[citation needed
]
Etymology
Originally coined by Paracelsus, the word comes from the
holistic medicine.[citation needed
]
See also
- Sulfur-mercury theory of metals
References
- ^ Webster (2013), p. 1.
- ^ Principe (2013), pp. 128–129.
- ^ Principe (2013), p. 129.
Works cited
- ISBN 978-0226103792.
- ISBN 9780486169132.
Further reading
Primary sources
- Kühlmann, Wilhelm; Telle, Joachim, eds. (2001). Corpus Paracelsisticum: Dokumente frühneuzeitlicher Naturphilosophie in Deutschland. Band I: Der Frühparacelsismus, Teil 1. Frühe Neuzeit. Vol. 59. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110937855.
- Kühlmann, Wilhelm; Telle, Joachim, eds. (2001). Corpus Paracelsisticum: Dokumente frühneuzeitlicher Naturphilosophie in Deutschland. Band II: Der Frühparacelsismus, Teil 2. Frühe Neuzeit. Vol. 89. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110950793.
- Kühlmann, Wilhelm; Telle, Joachim, eds. (2001). Corpus Paracelsisticum: Dokumente frühneuzeitlicher Naturphilosophie in Deutschland. Band III: Der Frühparacelsismus, Teil 3. Frühe Neuzeit. Vol. 170. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110296471.
Secondary sources
- ISBN 978-1-108-01671-1.
- Debus, Allen George(1961). The English Paracelsians: A Study of Iatrochemistry in England to 1640. Harvard University.
- ISBN 978-0521894449.
- Kahn, Didier (2007). Alchimie et paracelsisme en France à la fin de la Renaissance (1567-1625). Cahiers d’Humanisme et Renaissance. Vol. 80. Geneva: Droz. ISBN 978-2-600-00688-0.
- Ramos Sánchez, M. C.; Martín Gil, Francisco Javier; Martín Gil, Jesús (1988). "Los espagiristas vallisoletanos de la segunda mitad del siglo XVI y primera mitad del siglo XVII". In Esteban Piñeiro, Mariano; García Tapia, Nicolás; González Arroyo, L.A.; Jalón Calvo, Mauricio; Muñoz Box, Fernando; Vicente Maroto, María Isabel (eds.). Estudios sobre historia de la ciencia y de la técnica: IV Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas. Valladolid, 22-27 de septiembre de 1986. Vol. 1. Junta de Castilla y León. pp. 223–228. ISBN 84-505-7145-6.
- Shackelford, Jole (2004). A Philosophical Path for Paracelsian Medicine: The Ideas, Intellectual Context, and Influence of Petrus Severinus (1540/2-1602). University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-8772898179.
