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Poisons of the Past
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Mary Allerton Kilbourne Matossian
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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Did food poisoning cause the Black Plague, the Salem witch-hunts, and other significant events in human history? In this pathbreaking book, historian Mary Kilbo
Poisons of the Past
Language: en
Pages: 190
Authors: Mary Allerton Kilbourne Matossian
Categories: Medical
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Matossian (history, U. of Maryland) argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behavior, and high death rates during the 14th to the 18th centuries ma
Past Poisons
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Maxim Jakubowski
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher:

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Edith Pargeter, who also writes under the name Ellis Peters, previously combined her passion for history and storytelling in her creation of the much-loved monk
King of Poisons
Language: en
Pages: 209
Authors: John Parascandola
Categories: Medical
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For centuries, arsenic's image as a poison has been inextricably tied to images of foul play. In King of Poisons, John Parascandola examines the surprising hist
Old Poisons, New Problems
Language: en
Pages: 164
Authors: Nancy Odegaard
Categories: Antiques & Collectibles
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Old Poisons, New Problems is a practical guide to identifying, testing for, and dealing with contaminated cultural materials archived in museum collections. Spe