Poison

A poison is any substance that can cause severe distress or death if ingested, breathed in, or absorbed through the skin.
==Treatment==
There existed both an Antidote to Common Poisons that could counteract the effect of many ordinary poisons, as well as an Antidote to Uncommon Poisons that was helpful against many rarer ones. A bezoar was a stone taken from the stomach of a goat that would reverse the effects of most poisons, though there were certain unusual ones that it and other antidotes would not work against.
==History==
Slow-acting venoms were briefly mentioned in Gilderoy Lockhart's Gadding with Ghouls. Hermione Granger claimed that the contents of Moste Potente Potions would help her to understand what Lockhart had to say about this subject, though this was merely a ploy to obtain the book in order to find the instructions for brewing Polyjuice Potion. Whether or not this book actually contained information on slow-acting venoms is unknown.Basilisk venom was an extremely potent poison that could kill a living person within a minute. The only known antidote was phoenix tears, which saved Harry Potter from very close to death after he was pierced by the Serpent of Slytherin's fang.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Poisons