Adam of Bodenstein (1528 - 1577) was a Swiss paracelsist alchemist and physician. He was born in Karlstadt, Switzerland. His father, Andreas Bodenstein, was a theologian.
Bodenstein, with Gerhard Dorn, Johannes Oporinus, and Michael Toxites, were responsible for translation of the works of Paracelsus. Bodenstein translated the following from German to Latin:
- Giambattista della Porta Magia naturalis
- Opus Chyrurgicum
- Onomasticon Paracelsicum.
References
- Biography of Adam von Bodenstein
- Kibre, Pearl (1970). "Adam of Bodenstein". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 49–50. ISBN 0684101149.
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