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The devil's doctor, Paracelsus and the world of Renaissance magic and science, Philip Ball

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The devil's doctor, Paracelsus and the world of Renaissance magic and science, Philip Ball

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-417) and index

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individual biography

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The devil's doctor

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

61027460

Responsibility statement

Philip Ball

Sub title

Paracelsus and the world of Renaissance magic and science

Table Of Contents

Black madonna: a country doctor -- The metal makers: learning the arts -- The universal scholar: a Renaissance education -- The staff and the snake: healing in the early renaissance -- Intellectual vagabonds: walking the pages of the book of nature -- A new religion: the trials of reformation -- Revolution under the sign of the shoe: sedition in Salzburg -- Transmutation at Ingolstadt: making gold -- Elixir and quintessence: a chemical medicine -- Bitter medicine: Paracelsus among the humanists -- The battle of Basle: how Paracelsus left town -- Against the grain: quicksilver and wood -- The alchemist inside: an hermetic biology -- Beyond wonders: the matrix of the world -- Star and ascendant: a science of prophesy -- Demons of the mind: invisible diseases -- The little man: animating the earth -- The white horse: death in Salzburg -- Work with fire: the chemical legacy of Paracelsus -- Philosopher's gold: the last of the chemical magicians

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