Who is attributed to describing the concept “the dose makes the poison”?

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The question asks: 'Who is attributed to describing the concept “the dose makes the poison”?'

In this scenario, the provided answer field identifies Paracelsus as the attributed figure. Since no answer options are supplied, we cannot compare Paracelsus to alternative candidates within the given choices.

To understand why Paracelsus is associated with this concept, consider the historical context: Paracelsus, a 16th-century Swiss physician and alchemist, emphasized that the toxicity of a substance depends on its dose rather than the substance itself. This dose–response idea laid groundwork for modern toxicology, encapsulated in the oft-quoted notion that a poison becomes harmless at a low dose and a typically harmless substance can be poisonous at a high dose.

If other common options were present, such as ancient physicians or scientists like Hippocrates, Galen, or Aristotle, those figures are not typically linked to the explicit formulation of 'the dose makes the poison.' They contributed broadly to medicine and philosophy but not to the specific dose–toxicity principle.

Given the absence of alternative options in the provided list, the statement that Paracelsus is credited with this concept aligns with conventional toxicology history, but remember that in a multiple-choice setting, you would assess each option for accuracy and relevance to the core idea of dose-dependent toxicity.

In summary, the reasoning centers on recognizing Paracelsus as the figure historically associated with the dose–poison relationship, while acknowledging that without competing options, we cannot evaluate relative correctness among choices. If you have the full list of options, I can walk through each one in detail.

ETX 010 001 SQ 2025 Midterm Exam 1

Who is attributed to describing the concept “the dose makes the poison”?

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