[Physicians facing Paracelsus. Final thoughts at an art exhibit for physicians in honor of the 500th anniversary of Paracelsus in Old Bad Pfäfers on 18 September 1993].

The symposium for physicians in the Old Bad Pfäfers in honor of the 500th anniversary of Paracelsus' was framed by an art-exhibition with art-works from eleven amateur artists. Nine physicians, one psychologist/psychotherapist and one nurse met for the exhibition in order to get involved intensively with the personality of the medical colleague, natural scientist and philosopher Theophrast von Hohenheim. New interpretations of this 'seltsam wunderlichen Mann aus Einsiedeln' and of the Taminaschlucht, the place where he stayed for a short while, were exhibited.

[The herbalist pastor Johann Künzle and the medical community].

The famous herbalist, Johann Künzle, was not only a catholic priest but also a popular healer. A quack doctor with a great deal of psychological skill, he published numerous books and journals on the use of medicinal herbs. Over one million copies of his bestselling book "Chrut and Uchrut" were sold in German alone.