<P> Paracelsus ( 1493 -- 1541 ) developed the concept , writing that `` Nature marks each growth ... according to its curative benefit '' , and it was followed by Giambattista della Porta in his Phytognomonica ( 1588 ) . </P>
<P> Paracelsus ( 1493 -- 1541 ) developed the concept , writing that `` Nature marks each growth ... according to its curative benefit '' , and it was followed by Giambattista della Porta in his Phytognomonica ( 1588 ) . </P>
who introduced the concept of doctrine of signature
who introduced the concept of doctrine of signature
Paracelsus ( 1493 -- 1541 )
Paracelsus ( 1493 -- 1541 )