Johannes Pharamond Rhumelius (1597–1661) was a German alchemist and physician, and a contemporary of Jan Baptist van Helmont. He was born in Neumark and died in Nuremberg.
He is chiefly notable for his works on alchemical medicine, Opuscula Chemico-Magico-Medica (Noremburgse, 1635), Medicina Spagyrica Tripartita (1648),[1] the Compendium Hermeticum (1635) and the Compendium fortificatorium (1632).[2]
His Spagyric Medicine also appeared in German translation as Medicina Spagyrica oder spagyrische Artzneykunst (Frankfurt, 1662), and in a French edition: Médecine spagyrique (1648).[3]
He is described as the son of the doctor John Conrad Rhumelius, a Catholic, a "discípulo de Paracelso,"[4] and he also wrote under the pseudonym of "Solomon Raphael."[5]
See also edit
Bibliography edit
- Allen G. Debus, The Chemical Philosophy, Dover Publications, 2003, pp. 453–4
- Lynn Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, part 12, 1923, pp. 192–4
References edit
- ^ Rhumelius, Medicina Spagyrica, Table of Contents
- ^ National Library of Sweden
- ^ Medecine spagyrique at Amazon France
- ^ "Medicina Espagirica de Johann Pharamund Rhumelius" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ^ Lynn Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, part 12, 1923