Real or Fake? New Light on the Paracelsian <i>De natura rerum</i>

Gantenbein, Urs Leo

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“…The theory was first published by Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim (1493–1541), better known as Paracelsus, in his book Dē rērum natūra (Supreme Mysteries of Nature, 1656 (see: [ 10 ] (p. 250) and [ 11 ] (pp. 25–26))).…”

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The Doctrine of Signatures in Israel—Revision and Spatiotemporal Patterns

Dafni

Khatib²,

Benítez

2021

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The present survey includes forty-three plant species with present-day medicinal applications that can be related to the Doctrine of Signatures (DoS). The main uses are for jaundice (33.3%), kidney stones (20%), and as an aphrodisiac (8%). Ten Doctrine of Signature uses (22.2%) are endemic (to Israel and Jordan); while none of these plant species are endemic to the region at all, their DoS uses are endemic. Summing up of all these data reveals that 73.2% of all uses found in present-day Israel could be considered as related to Muslim traditional medicine. About one quarter (24.4%) of the DoS uses are also common to Europe, and some (8.8%) to India. The two adventive species with DoS uses serve as evidence that the DoS practice is not necessarily based solely on its historical background but is still evolving locally in accordance with changes in the local flora. The current broad geographic distribution of many of the doctrine’s uses may serve as indirect evidence of its current prevalence, and not just as a vestigial presentation of ancient beliefs.

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The Doctrine of Signatures in Israel—Revision and Spatiotemporal Patterns

Dafni

Khatib²,

Benítez

2021

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A balsamic mummy. The medical-alchemical panpsychism of Paracelsus

Žemla

2023

Intellectual History Review

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Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences 2020

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Real or Fake? New Light on the Paracelsian De natura rerum

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The Doctrine of Signatures in Israel—Revision and Spatiotemporal Patterns

The Doctrine of Signatures in Israel—Revision and Spatiotemporal Patterns

A balsamic mummy. The medical-alchemical panpsychism of Paracelsus

Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences 2020

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