Theriaca Magna: The Glorious Cure-All Remedy

Theriac, a multi-ingredient preparation that underwent one of the first randomized control trials in history, can be traced back a long way. Initially renowned as an antidote against poisons, it soon became a cure-all remedy, and a true theriac industry developed in several countries. Commercialized under the name of the Venice Treacle, it survived into the nineteenth-century pharmacopoeias as a common remedy against several conditions.