What notable accomplishment did Mithridates VI achieve in the medical field?
a new surgical tool
Founded a school of medicine
His mithridatism practice
Discovered a cure for a diseas
Answer
Mithridates VI's mithridatism practice involved the regular intake of small doses of poisons in order to build up immunity to their effects. He did this to protect himself from assassination attempts, and it is said that he became immune to a wide range of poisons.
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