Just about every textbook of toxicology pays homage to Paracelsus, the sixteenth century alchemist. Why? Because he introduced the idea that 鈥渙nly the dose makes the poison.鈥� It makes no sense to...
As most dentists can attest, the mouth can be a scary place. Despite impassioned assurances from patients, we know that not all flossers are created equal. Lurking in this often-hostile environment...
If you ask a dog owner what dogs cannot eat, they鈥檒l list some foods like onions, garlic, rhubarb, grapes and chocolate. (As an aside, if they say grains, don鈥檛 listen to them.) Dogs' inability to...
鈥淪ince calomel鈥檚 become their boast,/ How many patients have they lost?/ How many thousands they make ill,/ Of poison with their calomel?鈥� So ran a little verse written in 1825 by an unknown poet...
Pencils do not contain any lead, and they never did! The mistake in terminology can be traced back to the ancient Romans who drew lines on papyrus using pieces of actual lead, all the while not...
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