Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, immortalized as "Paracelsus," (1493-1511). He was the son of a well known physician who was described a Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, and it was from him that Paracelsus took his first instruction in medicine. At the age of sixteen, Paracelsus entered the University at Basle where he applied himself to the study of alchemy, surgery, and medicine.