Study Set Content:
PARACELSUS Full name
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim
Father of Toxicology ¨ Physician Alchemist
Paracelusis
Any agent which may cause serious body injury, disease or death who applied, introduced into, or developed withih the body.
Poison
KINDS OF POISON
Corrosive
True
Cumulative
chemically causes local destruction of tissues upon contact
Corrosive
– still poisonous no matter how highly diluted
True
suddenly increases in intensity of action after gradual addition
Cumulative
CLASSIFICATIONS OF POISON BASED ON ORIGIN
Natural Synthetic
BASED ON CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Inorganic Poisons
¨ Volatile
¨ Non-volatile
¨ Mineral acid
¨ Mineral alkali
Organic Poisons
¨ Volatile ¨ Alkaloids ¨ Animal Poison ¨ Bacterial ¨ Organic Poison ¨ Glycoside
4
Very toxic
6
Super Toxic
3
Moderately Toxic
5
Extremely Toxic
2
Slightly Toxic
1
Practically Toxic
0
Nontoxic
Super Toxic Probable Oral LD
5 mg/kg
Very Toxic
50-500 mg/kg
Extremely Toxic
5-50 mg/kg
