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), the Compendium Hermeticum (1635) and the Compendium fortificatorium (1632).National Library of Sweden
His Spagyric Medicine also appeared in German translation as Medicina Spagyrica oder spagyrische Artzneykunst (Frankfurt, 1662), and in a French edition: Médecine spagyrique (1648).Medecine spagyrique at Amazon France
He is described as the son of the doctor John Conrad Rhumelius, a Catholic, a "discípulo de Paracelso," and he also wrote under the pseudonym of "Solomon Raphael."Lynn Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, part 12, 1923
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
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