Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 210

PARACELSUS (1493-1541) De causa et origine morborum, Das ist: Von Ursachen und Herkomen der Kranckheite[n]. De morbis invisibilibus. Das ist: Von den unsichtbaren Kranckheiten. Durch die Erben Arnoldi Byrckmanni 1565 [184] pp., port. (woodcut). 19 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 205

The two works in this book, "On the causes and origins of disease," and "On invisible disease," are parts of a larger treatise, Opus paramirum, begun by Paracelsus in 1531 and continued over a period of several years. Although the works appear here for the first time, the dedication of the work to Joachimum Vadianum is dated March 1531. These are among Paracelsus' most basic writings, attacking the humoral medicine of the time while proposing its replacement with a new, alchemical medicine. As in most of Paracelsus' writings, his own particular approach to God, the spirit, and the body, as well as sharp criticism of the world are in ready evidence.

Cited references: Durling 3471; Sudhoff 70; Waller 7122

Gift of John Martin, M.D.