[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 artists have briefly been introduced during the opening session. The importance of the 'imagination' and of the creative work of a physician are emphasized.