The Mad Prophet Paracelsus (ch 44)
What is his FULL name?
Theophrastus Philippus Aureolous Bombastus von Hohenheim
when did he begin studying medicine?
15
the ___ __________ ______ were the first comprehensive visual forms of anatomical teaching
Six Anatomical Tables
What was one of his first jobs?
A iron smelter
what was Galen ridiculed as?
the “exponent of ape anatomy”
2 days after he got his degree of doctor of medicine, what happened to him?
he became the university’s chair of surgery and anatomy
What was the most outrageous thing he did?
He threw a copy of Galen‘s and Avicenna’s work into a bonfire
What did he use instead of cadavers?
He started with gladiator wounds, then he used monkeys for external anatomy and pigs for internal anatomy
What did he do that was illegal?
Like a psychopath, he stole body parts to dissect…
What language did he document and lecture in?
Not the typical Latin, but his home language, Schweizerdeutsch (German)
What was his most influential work?
On the usefulness of the parts of the body
What did he do to disprove Galen’s anatomical texts?
he compared the skeletons of a man and a monkey
What health institution did he work at for the last 14 years of his life?
None, he wandered from town to town offering treatment and furthering his studies in alchemy.
what did Galen believe caused diseases?
the imbalance of “humors” in the body
What practice did he switch to after all his discoveries?
he practiced medicine as a physician for Emperor Charles V