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The poisoner's handbook : murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blum, Deborah, 1954-
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Poisoning > New York (State) > History.
Forensic toxicology > New York (State) > History.
Forensic sciences > New York (State) > History.
New York (N.Y.) > History.
Poisoning > history.
Forensic Toxicology > history.
History, 20th Century.
New York.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The poison game
  • Chloroform (CHCl₃)
  • Wood alcohol (CH₃OH)
  • Cyanides (HCN, KCN, NaCN)
  • Arsenic (As)
  • Mercury (Hg)
  • Carbon monoxide (CO), part 1
  • Methyl alcohol (CH₃OH)
  • Radium (Ra)
  • Ethyl alcohol (C₂H₅OH)
  • Carbon monoxide (CO), part 2
  • Thallium (Ti)
  • Epilogue: The surest poison.