Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TOXICOLOGY
toxicology
(noun) the branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
toxicology (countable and uncountable, plural toxicologies)
(sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.
Source: Wiktionary
Tox`i*col"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr.toxicologie. See Toxic. ]
Definition: The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recignition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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