Paracelsus showed that syphilis was contracted by contact
and treated with carefully measured doses of mercury.
He is credited with introducing the first pain-killer
to the west, the opiate laudanum.
He was the first to point out that psychology affects physiology,
that unconscious fantasizing about certain diseases
can make a person more vulnerable to them.
Paracelsus showed that syphilis was contracted by contact and treated with carefully measured doses of mercury. He is credited with introducing the first pain-killer to the west, the opiate laudanum. He was the first to point out that psychology affects physiology, that unconscious fantasizing about certain diseases can make a person more vulnerable to them.
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