Paracelsus and the Doctrine of Signatures: When medicine flirted with magic

Swiss physician Paracelsus championed the Doctrine of Signatures in the 17th century.

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This approach healed by matching plants to body parts based on resemblance.

It broke with ancient medicine, blending mysticism and empirical observation.

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