Paracelsus
He revolutionized medicine by using chemicals and minerals in treatments, coining 'dose makes the poison'.
Quotes by Paracelsus
The physician must be a man of the ear, for he must be able to hear what others do not hear.
The physician must be a man of the tongue, for he must be able to speak what others do not speak.
The physician must be a man of the nose, for he must be able to smell what others do not smell.
The physician must be a man of the taste, for he must be able to taste what others do not taste.
The physician must be a man of the touch, for he must be able to feel what others do not feel.
The physician must be a man of the spirit, for he must be able to heal the spirit.
The physician must be a man of the soul, for he must be able to heal the soul.
The physician must be a man of the body, for he must be able to heal the body.
The physician must be a man of the mind, for he must be able to heal the mind.
The physician must be a man of the heart, for he must be able to heal the heart.
All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; the dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poison.
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
Medicine rests upon four pillars—philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
Nature is the best physician.
The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
As gold in the furnace, so you must first burn and wash the soul, all superfluous and foul things being burnt away and dissolved.
The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that the human body is in general treated as though it were a corpse.
What sense would it make or what would it matter if of all who have taken poison throughout the ages not one had survived? Now when you do not know the action of one single drug, how can you say that you understand your whole medical science?
If you wish to study a subject well, you must not think of fortifying yourself with a mass of other knowledge. Be like the silkworm, which teaches us the art of simplicity.
Dedicate yourself to the humble growth of the natural world, and the higher world will take care of itself.