6. The Royal Toxicologist (About 100 B.C.)

Contributor(s):: Thom, Robert A.
Bender, George A., editor
Parke, Davis & Company.
Publication:: United States. , 1951
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Abstract:: Shows a prisoner being used as a "guinea pig" by Mithridates VI, King of Pontus, to test poisons.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:: 1 photomechanical reproduction : 28 x 22 cm.
Technique:: halftone, color
NLM Unique ID:: 101416749 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A024572
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101416749

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