May have been instrumental in the publication of the first illustrated herbal written by his physician Crataeus [105].
Summary:
Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus, was famous for his efforts to develop immunity against poison through the administration of Mithridatum, a cocktail of substances including many herbs [102]. Mithridatum was a common feature of herbals and pharmacopoeias throughout Europe for the next 2000 years [102].
Inspiration for Mithridatum may have come from a letter written to Mithridates VI by Zopyrus, physician to King Ptolemy, who described to him a remedy which was a combination of Megalium and the Egyptian incense Kyphi [102].
Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria) is said to have been named after Mithridates VI [105].
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith