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Croll, Oswald

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Croll, Oswald (c. 1560–1609)

German chemist and physician. He is best known for his treatise Basilica chymica/Royal Chemistry (1609), a highly influential text that did much to spread the ideas of Paracelsus throughout Europe. This work also contained his treatise De signaturis, an account of the widely held doctrine of signatures.

The son of the mayor of Wetter, near Marburg, Croll studied at a number of German universities, then spent several years travelling throughout Europe. Thereafter he practised medicine and in about 1602 entered the service of Prince Christian of Anhalt-Bernberg. He is also reported to have served subsequently as a councillor to Emperor Rudolf II.



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