The poison trials : wonder drugs, experiment, and the battle for authority in Renaissance science /

At a time when poison was widely feared as a harming agent and as the root of deadly diseases like plague, the urgent need for effective cures provoked intense excitement about new drugs. Doctors developed their experimental protocols for European princes and elites as an explicit contrast to the ma...

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Main Author:	̌Rankin, Alisha Michelle (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Series:	Synthesis (University of Chicago. Press)
Subjects:	Poisons > History. Toxicology, Experimental. Toxicity testing > History. Science > History.