Abstract
Comparative perspectives about toxicology arising from the study of emergency treatment across time and space enrich and challenge our perspectives about the emergency treatment of toxic substances. This study uses historiography and conceptual analysis of the writings of physicians in ancient and modern times, inscriptions, pictorial sources, coins, and archaeological discoveries. Results indicate ancient and modern toxicologists employed mechanical, chemical and physiologic antidotes to victims of poisoning. Modern toxicologists have specific antidotes unknown to ancient physicians. In conclusion, the past is a prologue to the future. Comparative perspectives about toxicology arising from the study of emergency treatment across time and space enrich and challenge our perspectives about the emergency treatment of toxic substances.
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Valentine J. BelfiglioPolitical Science, Department of History and Political Science, Texas Woman's University, Texas, United States
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Poison Antidote Antivenin Immediacy Military Medicine
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