1743
The Mithridatum Seller
Jean MoyreauFrench, 1690 - 1762
Named after an ancient king of a region in present-day Turkey, mithridatum was a famous theriac, a concoction usually containing more than seventy ingredients, some of which interfered with another. Originally intended as a treatment for poisonous insect and animal bites, it eventually became a universal poison antidote and a remedy for many illnesses.
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