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oapen-20.500.12657-297202024-01-08T14:48:43Z It All Depends on the Dose Grell, Ole Peter Cunningham, Andrew Arrizabalaga, Jon Medicines poisons History bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine 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. 2018-07-09 23:55 2019-10-17 15:01:44 2020-04-01T12:36:38Z 2020-04-01T12:36:38Z 2018 book 1000224 OCN: 1051779888 9781315521084; 9781315521091 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29720 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb c6ef414f-9c15-4643-9caa-7b6bd2c44bb2 9781315521084; 9781315521091 Routledge 258 open access
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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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