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It All Depends on the Dose - Poisons and Medicines in European History (Paperback)
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It All Depends on the Dose - Poisons and Medicines in European History (Paperback)
Series: The History of Medicine in Context
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This is the first volume to take a broad historical sweep of the
close relation between medicines and poisons in the Western
tradition, and their interconnectedness. They are like two ends of
a spectrum, for the same natural material can be medicine or
poison, depending on the dose, and poisons can be transformed into
medicines, while medicines can turn out to be poisons. The book
looks at important moments in the history of the relationship
between poisons and medicines in European history, from Roman
times, with the Greek physician Galen, through the Renaissance and
the maverick physician Paracelsus, to the present, when poisons are
actively being turned into beneficial medicines.
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