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His work ''Die große Wundarzney'' is a forerunner of antisepsis. This specific empirical knowledge originated from his personal experiences as an army physician in the Venetian wars. Paracelsus demanded that the application of cow dung, feathers and other noxious concoctions to wounds be surrendered in favor of keeping the wounds clean, stating, "If you prevent infection, Nature will heal the wound all by herself." | His work ''Die große Wundarzney'' is a forerunner of antisepsis. This specific empirical knowledge originated from his personal experiences as an army physician in the Venetian wars. Paracelsus demanded that the application of cow dung, feathers and other noxious concoctions to wounds be surrendered in favor of keeping the wounds clean, stating, "If you prevent infection, Nature will heal the wound all by herself." | ||
English physician [[Robert Fludd]] was one of his greatest supporters and wrote several books in defense of Paracelsus' methods. | |||
==Connection to the Rosicrucians== | ==Connection to the Rosicrucians== | ||