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

• Andere auteurs: Grell, Ole Peter (Redacteur), Cunningham, Andrew (Redacteur), Arrizabalaga, Jon (Redacteur)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Taylor & Francis 2018
• Onderwerpen: History; Medicine; Medicines; poisons
• Online toegang: 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...