German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
Albertus Magnus (before 1200 – 15 November 1280) was a German philosopher, theologian and Dominican friar who achieved fame for his comprehensive knowledge and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of science and religion. He was the first medieval scholar to apply Aristotle's philosophy to Christian thought at the time.
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Alternative Names:
Albertus Teutonicus
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Albertus Colonensis
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Albertus Coloniensis
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Albertus Bolstadius
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Albertus de Bollstadt
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Pseudo-Albertus
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Albert von Bollstädt
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Albertus Alemannus
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Albert the Great
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Albert Von Bollstaedt
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Albert of Cologne
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St. Albertus
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Saint Albertus
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St. Albertus Magnus
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Saint Albertus Magnus
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Albert of Lauingen
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von Bollstaedt Albert
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the Great Albert
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Ps.-Albertus
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Albertus Grotus
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St. Albert von Bollstädt
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If the excrement of an elephant should be smeared on skin in which lice appear and left until it dries upon the skin, the lice will not remain on it but will depart immediately. If the fat of an elephant is smeared with it, it is said to cure the pain of one who suffers a headache; it is even said that if an ounce of elephant bone is drunk with ten ounces of wild mountain mint from something which a leper first touched, it does the most for a headache.
The metals are all essentially identical; they differ only in form. Now, the form brings out accidental causes, which the experimenter must try to discover and remove, as far as possible. Accidental causes impede the regular union of sulphur and mercury; for every metal is a combination of sulphur and mercury. A diseased womb may give birth to a weakly, leprous child, although the seed was good; the same is true of the metals which are generated in the bowels of the earth, which is a womb for them; any cause whatever, or local trouble, may produce an imperfect metal. When pure sulphur comes in contact with pure mercury, after more or less time, and by the permanent action of nature, gold is produced.