RT Book, Section
A1 Wax, Paul M.
A2 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Lewin, Neal A.
A2 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Hoffman, Robert S.
A2 Goldfrank, Lewis R.
A2 Flomenbaum, Neal E.
SR Print(0)
ID 6501801
T1 Chapter 1. Historical Principles and Perspectives
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 9e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160593-9
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6501801
RD 2021/01/18
AB The  term  poison  first  appeared  in  the  English  literature  around  the  year  1230  A.D.  to  describe  a  potion  or  draught  that  was  prepared  with  deadly  ingredients.41,140  The  history  of  poisons  and  poisoning,  however,  dates  back  thousands  of  years.  Throughout  the  millennia,  poisons  have  played  an  important  role  in  human  history—from  political  assassination  in  Roman  times,  to  weapons  of  war,  to  contemporary  environmental  concerns,  and  to  weapons  of  terrorism.