Arsenic - Poison or medicine?

• Main Authors: Karolina Kulik-Kupka (Author), Aneta Koszowska (Author), Anna Brończyk-Puzoń (Author), Justyna Nowak (Author), Katarzyna Gwizdek (Author), Barbara Zubelewicz-Szkodzińska (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Arsenic (As) is commonly known as a poison. Only a few people know that As has also been widely used in medicine. In the past years As and its compounds were used as a medicine for the treatment of such diseases as diabetes, psoriasis, syphilis, skin ulcers and joint diseases. Nowadays As is also us...