TY  - BOOK
ED  - Grell, Ole Peter
ED  - Cunningham, Andrew
ED  - Arrizabalaga, Jon
AB  - 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.
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1000224
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1051779888
ID  - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29720
KW  - Medicines
KW  - poisons
KW  - History
LA  - English
PB  - Taylor & Francis
PY  - 2018
SN  - 9781315521084; 9781315521091
TI  - It All Depends on the Dose : Poisons and Medicines in European History
ER  - 
