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Updated August 25, 2026

The Zurich Paracelsus Project.

2008 Paracelsus "Alterius not sit, qui suus esse potest." "Who can be himself, shall not belong to someone else." "This was the motto of Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim (1493-1541), generally known as Paracelsus. This pe…

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HAMILTON, Alice (1869 – 1970)

Image source Original uploader was PDH at Smithsonian Institution and en.wikipedia · photo from Images from the History of Medicine, B014009 Originally from en.wikipedia ; description page is/was here . Also available at flickr · Public domain

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