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The effect of paracelsus' application of chemistry to medicine was the use of chemicals to treat illnesses.
Why?
Paracelsus was an alchemist that lived between 1493-1541. His complete name was Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. He was the first to use chemicals and minerals to treat illnesses and some of his medicines are still used today, like arsenic to kill parasites. He also wrote many medicine books.
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