Mithridatism: The developing of immunity to a poison by taking gradually increasing doses of it.
I can't decide if I love that there's a word for this, or if it worries me. Off to look up the etymology...
ETA: Personally, I think pretty much everyone reading this journal is smarter than to try that out, but my advice on the subject would be:
don't
(
Read more... )
Some toxins you don't ever develop immunity to, no matter how many times exposed. And others build up in your system until you get past the lethal range (Some w/no symptoms until it's FAR past too late.)
And still others have such a ridiculously tiny MLD (Median lethal dose, or how much of a given substance can be expected to kill 50% of those dosed), that I wish you well trying to titrate the toxin dosage.
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment