💊 Great Doctors Series: Paracelsus—When Poison Becomes Medicine & the Birth of Toxicology

☠️ Only the dose makes the poison. Meet Paracelsus (1493–1541)—physician, alchemist, provocateur, and a father of toxicology. ⚗️ He challenged Galen and Avicenna, championed observation over unquestioned authority, brought chemistry and minerals into therapeutics, studied miners' diseases, and emphasized cleaner wound care. 🩺 His most enduring insight was beautifully simple: toxicity depends on dose. 💊 🎙️ Great Doctors Series: Paracelsus—The Dose, the Poison & the Revolution Where Curiosity Meets Clarity!