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Effigies Paracelsi Medici Celeberrimi

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An engraving of Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus (born Theophrastus von Hohenheim) wearing a small medal around his neck.

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  • (Below portrait) "Edura fortis fata refringero, / ut docta callens jura Machaonis; / Artesque Phoeboeas salubri / mente PARACELSUS elaborat. / Eheu laborans! nec tamen irrita / Decreta reddet: lurida perbrevi / Mors decolorabit, facemque / Purpuream solvet favilla."
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Sompel, Pieter Van. “Effigies Paracelsi Medici Celeberrimi.” Laid paper, paper (fiber product), n.d. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/qj72p783g.

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