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What is there that is not poison? A study of the Third Defense by Paracelsus

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  1. University of Miami School of Medicine, 1931 South Bayshore Drive, 33133, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA

    W. B. Deichmann

  2. Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology, University of Würzburg, Verbacher Straße 9, D-8700, Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    D. Henschler

  3. Department of Toxicology, Karolinska Institute, Box 60208, S-10401, Stockholm 60, Sweden

    B. Holmstedt

  4. Institute of History of Medicine, University of Würzburg, Köllikerstraße 6, D-8700, Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    G. Keil

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Deichmann, W.B., Henschler, D., Holmstedt, B. et al. What is there that is not poison? A study of the Third Defense by Paracelsus. Arch Toxicol 58, 207–213 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00297107

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