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Paracelsian, n. and a.|pærəˈsɛlsɪən| [f. proper name Paracelsus (see below) + -ian.] A. n. A follower or adherent of the celebrated Swiss physician, chemist, and natural philosopher Paracelsus (1490–1541), or of his medical or philosophical principles; in the former sense opposed to Galenist. His true name was Philippus Theophrast von Hohenheim.
1574J. Jones (title) Galens Bookes of Elementes..confuting..the errours..of the Paracelcians. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 108 Our Doctor is pertinaciously either a Galenist, or Paracelsian. 1711W. King tr. Naude's Ref. Politics i. 15 The Paracelsians pervert the text of Hippocrates, to establish their visionary imaginations. B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Paracelsus.
1617Middleton & Rowley Fair Quarrel ii. ii, Can all your Paracelsian mixtures cure it? 1659in Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 453 It is a paracelsian remedy, that may kill as well as cure. 1857in Mayne Expos. Lex. Hence Paraˈcelsianism, the medical principles of Paracelsus. So Paraˈcelsic, Paraˈcelsical adjs., Paraˈcelsist n., Paracelˈsistic a.
1602F. Herring Anatomyes 15 Hyperbolicall, or rather, Paracelsicall Commendations. 1625Hart Anat. Ur. ii. x. 119 Our Paracelcists would faine feed vs with many such smoaky promises. 1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 165 The Galenick and Paracelsick Physick. 1668H. More Div. Dial. v. xviii. (1713) 467 Bath..in which we all-over discover the Foot-steps of Paracelsianism and Familism. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Paracelsistick Medicines. 1882Standard 13 Dec. 5/5 The Galenists, the Paracelsists,..the Vitalists,..and the Anti-Hallerians had all..their followers. |