Philip Wexler National Library of Medicine [email protected].

Philip Wexler

National Library of Medicine

[email protected]

THA’s Toxicology History Room A Project of the Toxicology History Association

To preserve and disseminate, through images and words, in concise form, important aspects of the history of toxicology, environmental health, and related subjects.

To create a multi-authored physical collection of posters which can be displayed at professional meetings and other venues.

To archive the digital versions of these posters on the THA site for anyone to consult freely.

Objectives

Idea originally proposed by Steve Gilbert in 2008. First version implemented by Steve Gilbert and Phil Wexler, and poster authors, in 2009.

27 Posters, to date, Presented at:Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting 2009

(Baltimore)International Union of Toxicology Meeting 2010

(Barcelona) Eurotox Meeting 2011 (Paris)North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology

Annual Meetings, 2010 (Denver), 2011 (Washington, DC), 2012 (New Orleans)

THR Origins and Timeline

2010 Toxicology History Room

Displays on the History of Toxicology presented at the

Twelfth International Congress of Toxicology (ICT-XII)

in Barcelona, Spain July 19-23

Hours of Operation: Monday – Wednesday, 9 AM – 4:30 PM

{Hours for ICT-XII? Place?}

Humble Yourselves Ye Mighty Toxicologists,

Here At the Threshold to the Past

People

Alexander the GreatRichard MeadMithradatesAntonio Joaquim Ferreira da SilvaHighlights in the History of Toxicology

Topics

Agent/Chemical Related

AbsintheAgent OrangeBisphenol-AFugu/TetrodotoxinLeadOpiumNutmegMustard Gas

OrganizationsFDA & Early Drug RegulationIUTOXNational Toxicology Program

EventsBhopalCerberin – Ordeals by PoisonLove Canal

PeopleAlexander the GreatAntonio Joaquim Ferreira da SilvaHighlights in the History of ToxicologyRichard MeadMithradates the Great

• Organizations

• FDA• IUTOX• National Toxicology Program• SOT

• Miscellaneous

• BEAR I Report• Fugu• Poison – Evolution of a Family of

Fragrances• Toxic Curiosities from the National

Museum of Health and Medicine• Toxic Warfare and Poison Weapons in

Antiquity• Witches’ Flying Ointment

• And ….. A Unique (and interactive) Poster {with translations into Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, Russian}Milestones of Toxicology (d.o.b. 2006)

From Milestones of Toxicology

From Milestones of Toxicology

From Milestones of Toxicology

Artifacts at first THR ShowingPoison Medicine Bottles (thanks to William P.

Didusch Center for Urologic History)Absinthe Glass and SpoonsPosters (e.g. Arsenic and Old Lace, Marijuana

Girl)Russell’s Viper (preserved)

SeekingNew Topics – No holds barred (within limits)

Poster Specification – Portrait format - 28 X 44 inches or 71 x 112 cm, submitted as a power point file or pdf file. A brief description of the topic for posting on the web site is also requested.

New Venues Professional Meetings Professional Society Headquarters/Lobbies Hospitals Science for the Public Events Science/Natural History Museums Global

Toxicology Museum Exhibit

or more ambitious …

Toxicology Museum

Where do we go from here?