TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Paracelse ID - vx021f62v AU - Tardieu, Ambroise M3 - wove paper, paper (fiber product) UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/vx021f62v AB - This profile portrait claims to provide a likeness of Paracelsus, the famed Swiss-German physician, botanist, and alchemist. A champion of chemical medicines, Paracelsus criticized established medical institutions for what he viewed as an over-reliance on the Galenic medicine of antiquity and argued for an experimental new vision of medical practice. Viewed from his left side, this portrait shows Paracelsus as a man of advanced years, with tonsure-like balding and a thoughtful, care-worn face. He is simply dressed in a black coat tied at the neck. KW - Alchemists KW - Paracelsus, 1493-1541 LA - ER -