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049 _aPDV
092 _a614.13
_bBlum
100 1 _aBlum, Deborah,
_d1954-
245 1 4 _aThe Poisoner's Handbook :
_bMurder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York /
_cDeborah Blum.
260 _aNew York :
_bPenguin Books,
_c2011, c2010.
300 _a319 pages. ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
500 _aOriginally published: New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-306) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue : The poison game -- Chloroform (CHClb3s) -- Wood alcohol (CHb3sOH) -- Cyanides (HCN, KCN, NaCN) -- Arsenic (As) -- Mercury (Hg) -- Carbon monoxide (CO), part 1 -- Methyl alcohol (CHb3sOH) -- Radium (Ra) -- Ethyl alcohol (Cb2sHb5sOH) --Carbon monoxide (CO), part 2 -- Thallium (Ti) -- Epilogue : The surest poison.
520 _aThe untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. A pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler investigate a family mysteriously stricken bald, factory workers with crumbling bones, a diner serving poisoned pies, and many others. Each case presents a deadly new puzzle and Norris and Gettler create revolutionary experiments to tease out even the wiliest compounds from human tissue. From the vantage of their laboratory it also becomes clear that murderers aren't the only toxic threat--modern life has created a kind of poison playground, and danger lurks around every corner.
650 0 _aPoisoning
_zNew York (State)
_xHistory.
650 0 _aForensic toxicology
_zNew York (State)
_xHistory.
650 0 _aForensic sciences
_zNew York (State)
_xHistory.
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