Paracelsus is famous for saying that “all substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.” Explain what he meant by this statement. Illustrate your point using a graded dose-response curve

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Paracelsus is famous for saying that “all substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.”

Explain what he meant by this statement. Illustrate your point using a graded dose-response curve. 

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