Bibliograph

Poison, deadly deeds, perilous professions, and murderous medicines, Sarah Albee

Type

Label

Poison, deadly deeds, perilous professions, and murderous medicines, Sarah Albee

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Poison

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

945549619

Responsibility statement

Sarah Albee

Sub title

deadly deeds, perilous professions, and murderous medicines

Summary

"A humorous and informative book that traces the role poisons have played in human history from antiquity to the present. Part history, part chemistry, part whodunit"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

No bane, no gain: poisons in the ancient world -- That's classic: poison in Greece and Rome -- Poisons, potions, and witches' brews: the Middle Ages -- The wretched Renaissance -- Crime and corruption: the sinister seventeenth century -- Murder and medicine in the Age of Reason -- Bad heir days: poisons in the nineteenth century -- Twentieth-century tox -- New and noxious: poisons in the twenty-first century and beyond

Target audience

juvenile

Classification