Mithridatism and the Quest for Universal Antivenoms: Ancient Practice Meets Modern Science
Mithridatism was first used by King Mithridates VI of Pontus and described the historical method to build poison immunity through small nondangerous poison exposures. People no longer conduct Mithridatism because vaccines and antitoxins exist but Timothy Friede an American exposed himself to more than 200 snakebites and 700 venom injections throughout eighteen years. Advanced testing […]







