Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: cholinergic neuromuscular junctions

  • Botulism: from pork sausages to Botox

    Justinus Kerner in old age, taken a few years before his death. circa 1860. Taken by Friedrich Brandseph. Scanned from Klaus Günzel: Die deutschen Romantiker. Via Wikimedia. Of the various kinds of food poisoning that afflict mankind, botulism is the most dangerous. It has likely occurred for many centuries, as shown by sundry dietary laws…