Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus
n 1: Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular
illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw
illness as having an external cause (rather than an
imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with
chemical remedies (1493-1541) [syn: {Paracelsus},
{Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus}, {Theophrastus Philippus
Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim}]