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Father of Empirical Toxicology. Mithridates VI also known as Mithridates the great was the king of Pontus in Northern Anatolia( 120-63 BC). He became a king at young age so his mother ruled in his place as regent for a few years. At about 115 BC, she was deposed and thrown into prison by theContinue reading “The King Who Developed a Relative Immunity to Poison: Mithridates VI”