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" All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy. "
Radiation Risks in Perspective - Page 44
by Kenneth L. Mossman - 2006 - 207 pages
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Hazardous Materials, Personnel Protection Manual

1986 - 738 pages
...the wisdom of Paracelsus (1493-1541) when he said, "All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy." The dose, or amount of a substance given to an organism, influences whether the effects are toxic,...
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Hazard Evaluation and Environmental Assessment Manual

1986 - 564 pages
...the wisdom of Paracelsus (1493-1541) when he said, "All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy." The dose, or amount of a substance given to an organism, influences whether the effects are toxic,...
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In Vitro Methods in Toxicology

C. K. Atterwill, C. E. Steele - 1987 - 490 pages
...(1492-1541), otherwise known as Paracelsus, who said "All substances are poisons; there is none which ls not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy". If we accept that all chemicals are "poisons" it follows that toxlcologlsts are not looking at a compound...
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Status of Alaska Natives: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Indian ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs - 1989 - 726 pages
...environment. Paracelsus said, back in the 1500s, that: "All substances are poisons; there -is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy.* Aromatic hydrocarbons are poisons. How do these poisons affect marine organisms? Basically, poisons...
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A Practical Approach to Toxicological Investigations

Alan Poole, George B. Leslie - 1989 - 216 pages
...compounds are toxic. In his Third Defence he said: 'All substances are poisons: there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy.' The role of the toxicologist is to investigate and establish the nature of such toxicity in order to...
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Analysis of Quantal Response Data

Byron J.T. Morgan - 1992 - 542 pages
...statistics. I. Title. II. Series. QH323.5.M67 1992 92-19056 'All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy.' Paracelsus (1493-1541) Contents Preface xii Glossary and notation xv Index of data sets xviii 1 Data, preliminary analyses...
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Let Me Die Before I Wake: Hemlock's Book of Self-deliverance for the Dying

Derek Humphry - 1992 - 196 pages
...lethal, as was the old 'city gas'. 107 CHAPTER EIGHT All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy. — PARACELUS (1493-1541) Many terminally ill people have wanted to practice selfdeliverance properly,...
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Calculated Risks: Understanding the Toxicity of Chemicals in Our Environment

Joseph V. Rodricks - 1994 - 286 pages
...pharmacologists he is noted for his recognition that 'All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy.' This remark adorns the frontispiece of almost every toxicology text. It was only in the late 1 9th...
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Encyclopedic Handbook of Biomaterials and Bioengineering: v. 1-2. Applications

Donald Lee Wise - 1995 - 974 pages
...released substances and their chemical forms are of importance since, as Paracelcus wrote in 1538, "All substances are poisons. There is none that is...right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy." II. COMPOSITION OF CLASSIFIED ALLOYS Metals have a long history as dental materials. Gold was used...
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Food Quality Protection Act of 1995: Hearings Before the ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment - 1996 - 212 pages
...primary principle of toxicology when he wrote that "all substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy." To paraphrase Paracelsus, it is the dose that makes the poison. This explains why one aspirin may relieve...
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