Johannes Pharamond Rhumelius (1597–1661) was a

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alchemist Alchemy (from Arabic: ''al-kīmiyā''; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, ''khumeía'') is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscience, protoscientific tradition that was historically practiced in Chinese alchemy, C ...

and physician, and a contemporary of

Jan Baptist van Helmont Jan Baptist van Helmont (; ; 12 January 1580 – 30 December 1644) was a chemist, physiologist, and physician from Brussels. He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and the rise of iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to ...

. He was born in

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and died in

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. He is chiefly notable for his works on alchemical medicine, ''Opuscula Chemico-Magico-Medica'' (Noremburgse, 1635), ''Medicina

Spagyric Paracelsianism (also Paracelsism; German: ') was an early modern medical movement based on the theories and therapies of Paracelsus. It developed in the second half of the 16th century, during the decades following Paracelsus' death in 1541, an ...

a Tripartita'' (1648), the ''Compendium Hermeticum'' (1635) and the ''Compendium fortificatorium'' (1632). His ''Spagyric Medicine'' also appeared in German translation as ''Medicina Spagyrica oder spagyrische Artzneykunst'' (Frankfurt, 1662), and in a French edition: ''Médecine spagyrique'' (1648). He is described as the son of the doctor John Conrad Rhumelius, a Catholic, a "''discípulo de Paracelso''," and he also wrote under the pseudonym of "Solomon Raphael."Lynn Thorndike, ''A History of Magic and Experimental Science'', part 12, 1923
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Allen G. Debus Allen George Debus (August 16, 1926 – March 6, 2009) was an American historian of science, known primarily for his work on the history of chemistry and alchemy. In 1991 he was honored at the University of Chicago with an academic conference he ...

, ''The Chemical Philosophy'', Dover Publications, 2003, pp. 453–4 *

Lynn Thorndike Lynn Thorndike (24 July 1882, in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA – 28 December 1965, Columbia University Club, New York City) was an American historian of medieval science and alchemy. He was the son of a clergyman, Edward R. Thorndike, and the younge ...

, ''A History of Magic and Experimental Science'', part 12, 1923, pp. 192–4

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhumelius, Johannes Pharamund 1597 births 1661 deaths 17th-century German physicians Christian Kabbalists German alchemists Hermeticists 17th-century German writers 17th-century German male writers 17th-century alchemists

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