02377cam a2200349 4500 758484090 TxAuBib 20060407120000.0 060331s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005019848 9780374229795 HRD $27.00 0374229791 HRD $27.00 (OCoLC)61027460 DLC DLC TxGR TxAuBib Ball, Philip, 1962- The devil's doctor [Book] : Paracelsus and the world of Renaissance magic and science / Philip Ball. 1st American ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. viii, 436 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Black madonna: a country doctor -- The metal makers: learning the arts -- The universal scholar: a Renaissance education -- The staff and the snake: healing in the early renaissance -- Intellectual vagabonds: walking the pages of the book of nature -- A new religion: the trials of reformation -- Revolution under the sign of the shoe: sedition in Salzburg -- Transmutation at Ingolstadt: making gold -- Elixir and quintessence: a chemical medicine -- Bitter medicine: Paracelsus among the humanists -- The battle of Basle: how Paracelsus left town -- Against the grain: quicksilver and wood -- The alchemist inside: an hermetic biology -- Beyond wonders: the matrix of the world -- Star and ascendant: a science of prophesy -- Demons of the mind: invisible diseases -- The little man: animating the earth -- The white horse: death in Salzburg -- Work with fire: the chemical legacy of Paracelsus -- Philosopher's gold: the last of the chemical magicians. 20060407. Paracelsus 1493-1541. Physicians Biography. Alchemists Biography. Science History 16th century. Science and magic. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005019848.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005019848-b.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005019848-d.html RV8