Contributions To Toxicology
Paracelsus, sometimes called the father of toxicology, wrote:
- German: Alle Ding' sind Gift, und nichts ohn' Gift; allein die Dosis macht, daß ein Ding kein Gift ist.
- "All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; only the dose permits something not to be poisonous."
Or, more commonly
- "The dose makes the poison."
That is to say, substances considered toxic are harmless in small doses, and conversely an ordinarily harmless substance can be deadly if over-consumed.
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