Arnold, David (2022) Toxic remedies : poisons and medicine in Eurasian history. History Compass . e12752. doi:10.1111/hic3.12752 ISSN 1478-0542.

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Abstract

Histories of medicine are conventionally confined to one geographical region and assume a sharp distinction between medicines and poisons. Recent scholarship, however, has created very different perspectives. Medico-toxic substances were highly mobile commodities that often breached any clear distinction between what kills and what heals. The investigation of poisons could be innovative and integral to the ways in which medicines were conceived and deployed. The search for ‘potent’ remedies, but also for poison antidotes and elixirs, fostered a transregional quest for new ‘wonder drugs’ and the means of ‘taming’ or mastering their toxicity. Further, there is much to be gained by looking at developments from a trans-Eurasian perspective and, rather than imagining discrete ‘systems’ of medicine, exploring patterns of commonality and exchange, as well as divergence, between constituent regions and over an extended period of time.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Journal or Publication Title:	History Compass
Publisher:	Blackwell Publishing Ltd
ISSN:	1478-0542
Official Date:	2022
Dates:	Date Event 2022 Published 7 October 2022 Available 27 September 2022 Accepted 24 February 2022 Submitted
Number of Pages:	10
Article Number:	e12752
DOI:	10.1111/hic3.12752
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Copyright Holders:	John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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