Adam of Bodenstein

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.

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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. 49-50. ISBN 0684101149.