Johannes Pharamund Rhumelius Explained

Johannes Pharamond Rhumelius (1597–1661) was a German alchemist and physician, and a contemporary of Jan Baptist van Helmont. He was born in Neumark and died in Nuremberg.

He is chiefly notable for his works on alchemical medicine, Opuscula Chemico-Magico-Medica (Noremburgse, 1635), Medicina Spagyrica Tripartita (1648),^[1] the Compendium Hermeticum (1635) and the Compendium fortificatorium (1632).^[2]

His Spagyric Medicine also appeared in German translation as Medicina Spagyrica oder spagyrische Artzneykunst (Frankfurt, 1662), and in a French edition: Médecine spagyrique (1648).^[3]

He is described as the son of the doctor John Conrad Rhumelius, a Catholic, a "discípulo de Paracelso,"^[4] and he also wrote under the pseudonym of "Solomon Raphael."^[5]

See also

• Paracelsus
• Robert Fludd
• Jan Baptist van Helmont

Bibliography

• Allen G. Debus, The Chemical Philosophy, Dover Publications, 2003, pp. 453–4
• Lynn Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, part 12, 1923, pp. 192–4

Notes and References

1. http://ramsdigital.com/toc/spagyric.html Rhumelius, Medicina Spagyrica, Table of Contents
2. http://libris.kb.se/bib/3182522 National Library of Sweden
3. https://www.amazon.fr/M%C3%A9decine-spagyrique-1648-J-Ph-Rhumelius/dp/2713801656 Medecine spagyrique at Amazon France
4. Web site: Medicina Espagirica de Johann Pharamund Rhumelius . 2009-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224100153/http://www.alquimia.net/Textos/JP%20Rhumelius.pdf . 2012-02-24 . dead .
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=Sr923sVWH_QC&dq=rhumelius&pg=RA1-PA193 Lynn Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, part 12, 1923