Paracelsus
name: label: depicted
content: Paracelsus
notes: label: Description
content: A portrait of Paracelsus (Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim). Paracelsus (1493-1541), was an alchemist, physician, astrologer, and reformer of therapeutics. He pioneered the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine, was the first to used the word zinc for the element zinc, is sometimes called the father of toxicology and is credited as providing the first clinical/scientific mention of the unconscious.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Religion
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0059
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-06233
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 926
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Other Terms
content: print; ART OBJECTS
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
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content: etching (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: image: 14.2 cm x 11.1 cm; 5 9/16 in x 4 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.1 cm x 13.1 cm; 6 3/4 in x 5 3/16 in