Martin Ruland
Encyclopedia
Martin Ruland the Elder (1532, Freising
– 3 February 1602), also known as Martinus Rulandus or Martin Rulandt, was a German physician
and alchemist
. He was a follower of the physician Paracelsus
.
His son, Martin Ruland the Younger
(1569–1611), also became a renowned physician and alchemist.
Freising
Freising is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district Freising. Total population 48,500.The city is located north of Munich at the Isar river, near the Munich International Airport...
– 3 February 1602), also known as Martinus Rulandus or Martin Rulandt, was a German physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and alchemist
Alchemy
Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose early practitioners’ claims to profound powers were known from antiquity. The defining objectives of alchemy are varied; these include the creation of the fabled philosopher's stone possessing powers including the capability of turning base...
. He was a follower of the physician Paracelsus
Paracelsus
Paracelsus was a German-Swiss Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist....
.
His son, Martin Ruland the Younger
Martin Ruland the Younger
Martin Ruland the Younger , also known as Martinus Rulandus or Martin Rulandt, was a German physician and alchemist....
(1569–1611), also became a renowned physician and alchemist.