Does the Dose Make the Poison or Not?




'Paracelsus was the first to say, “It depends only upon the dose whether a poison is a poison or not. A lot kills; a little cures.” So he would take a very toxic substance like mercury and use it to cure epilepsy, something no one in his right mind would do now.

With the exception of E = mc2, perhaps no other single statement has wielded such force in establishing the popular notoriety and the professional stature of an individual in the history of science as the dose makes the poison. It would be difficult to imagine either the medical or pharmaceutical world today without this principle in operation. Now we have to question, is allopathic medicine killing millions with this principle?'


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