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GALEN ON ANTIDOTES, TWO BOOKS. BOOK ONE.

Ed. Chart. XIII. [865.]

Chapter 1. [What an antidote is and the origin of the theriac.] Physicians give the name antidotes original Greek: ἀντίδοτος (antidotos), literally "given against" to those healing powers that are not applied to the body from the outside, but are taken internally to treat ailments. There are three general classes of these medicines. Some are administered to counter deadly drugs; some are effective against so-called venomous beasts; and others provide relief for ailments arising from a poor diet. Certain antidotes promise to serve all three of these uses, just as the theriac a famous complex compound used as a universal panacea and poison remedy also...