what was paracelsus famous for
Paracelsus (/ËpaerÉËsÉlsÉs/ ; ËpÃ¦rÉËsÉlsÉs Born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus bombastus Von, hohenheim 11 november or 17 december â 1493 24 september) 1541 was A Swiss German renaissance, physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer and general. occultist In the TV series Warehouse 13, Paracelsus (played by Anthony Head) was known as a famous alchemist who was bronzed by the agents of Warehouse 9 for the slaughter of 600 people in order to create a philosophers stone which he would use to obtain immortality.