Vom Holtz Guaico
Title
Vom Holtz Guaico
Subject
Botany
Description
Hohenheim, also known as Paraclesus, shortly discusses a controversial yet popular herb Guaiacum, known for its medicinal properties brought from the Americas to Europe. The guaiacum was believed to be useful in the disease syphillis by many physicians. Paraclesius, however, argues in this short text of the ineffectiveness of this plant to treat syphillis. Instead, it is seen that in Paraclesus' later writings, specifically Von der Frantzosischen kranckheit Drey Bucher, where he discusses alternative methods, by use of chemicals instead, to heal syphillis.
Creator
Theophrastus von Hohenheim
Source
Materia Medica of Dioscorides
Publisher
Peypus
Date
1529
Relation
Materia Medica of Dioscorides
Format
Printed text
Language
German
Type
text
Files
Citation
Theophrastus von Hohenheim, “Vom Holtz Guaico,” Art and Science in the Early Modern World, accessed November 20, 2024, http://artandscience.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/118.
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