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Named for the great physician and natural philosopher whose real name was Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493?–1541). Because of his vehement fight against traditions, he was hounded throughout Europe during his lifetime, but with his concept of dosages of medicaments, he clearly set the foundations for modern medicine and pharmacology. (M 8152)

Paracelsus is also honored by a lunar crater.