The elements of murder : [a history of poison] /

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How can a chemical we need on a daily basis to keep us healthy be fatal at a different dose? Why should elements that are intrinsically dangerous be used in medicine? How did poisoners use the chemical properties of chemicals to cover their tracks? Which chemicals in our environment pose the biggest...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Emsley, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Poisoning > History.
Poisons > History.
Toxicology > History.
Heavy Metal Poisoning
Metals, Heavy > history
Arsenic Poisoning > history
Poisons > history
Poisons > Histoire.
Toxicologie > Histoire.
MEDICAL > Toxicology.
Poisoning.
Poisons.
Toxicology.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The poisonous elements of alchemy
  • Mercury. 2. Mercury poisons us all
  • 3. Mad cats and mad hatters : accidental mercury poisoning
  • 4. The poet and the poison
  • Arsenic. 5. Arsenic is everywhere
  • 6. Insidious arsenic
  • 7. Malevolent arsenic
  • 8. Murder revisited : the guilt of Florence Maybrick
  • Antimony. 9. Antimony the great cure-all
  • 10. Requiem for antimony
  • 11. Severin Klosowski alias George Chapman
  • Lead. 12. The empire of lead
  • 13. Lead and dead
  • 14. Lead murders
  • Thallium. 15. Driving you hairless
  • 16. Graham Young
  • 17. Other poisonous elements.

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