It All Depends on the Dose Poisons and Medicines in European History

• Other Authors: Grell, Ole Peter (Editor), Cunningham, Andrew (Editor), Arrizabalaga, Jon (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
• Subjects: History; Medicine; Medicines; poisons
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: description of the publication

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...