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Historically the idea is much earlier, it comes from the legends around Mithridates, King of Pontus, circa 100 BC:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus#Mithr...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridate

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mithridatism

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