| Title |
Poisons : from Hemlock to botox and the killer bean Calabar / Peter Macinnis. |
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| Imprint |
New York, : Arcade Pub., c2011. |
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| Description |
xviii, 239 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Note |
Originally published: 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-230) and index. |
| Contents |
Dramatis personae -- Glossary of poisons -- Prologue -- Poison's children -- A slew of poisoners -- Poison and food -- The science of poison -- Poison in the medicine chest -- Cosmetic and domestic poisons -- Poisoned workplaces? -- Poisoned politics -- Poison and war -- Envenomed fangs and stings -- The tiny poisoners -- Epilogue. |
| Subject(s) |
Poisons -- History.
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