Theriac
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Theriac or theriaca is a medical concoction originally labelled by the Greeks in the 1st century AD and widely adopted in the ancient world as far away as Persia, China and India via the trading links
Preparation of theriac: illustration from the Tacuinum sanitatis
Andromachus the Elder on horseback, questioning a patient who has received a snake bite. Kitâb al-Diryâq ("The Book of Theriac"), 1198-1199, Syria.
Albarello vase for theriac, 1641
Theriac pot dated 1782 from the Hospices de Beaune
Mithridates VI Eupator
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Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator sometimes known as Mithridates the Great was the Hellenistic ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus from 120 to 63 BC. He proved to be one of the Roman Republic's most fo
Theriac
…actually did have palliative effect against pain and reduced coughing and diarrhea. According to legends, the history of theriac begins with the king Mithridates VI of Pontus who experimented with poisons and antidotes on his prisoners. His numerous toxicity experiments eventually led him to declare that he had discovered…
Portrait of Mithridates as Heracles, Roman Imperial period
Roman coin of 54 BC, depicting Sulla.
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