Poison, Detection and the Victorian Imagination

Informationen zum Autor Ian Burney is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester Klappentext A history of poisoning in the nineteenth century and in particular the case of Dr William Palmer, convicted of murder by poisoning, and how he baffled toxicologists, doctors, detectives and judges Zusammenfassung A history of poisoning in the nineteenth century and in particular the case of Dr William Palmer! convicted of murder by poisoning! and how he baffled toxicologists! doctors! detectives and judges -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Poison and the Victorian imagination2. Disciplining poison 3. Plain matters of fact: making and representing toxicological knowledge4. The crime of the age: the case of William Palmer5. The travails of poison huntingIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ian A. Burney, Ian Burney, BURNEY, Burney Ian
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.06.2012
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Neuzeit bis 1918; Belletristik > Spannung
• EAN: 9780719087783
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8778-3
• Anzahl Seiten: 208
• Serie: Encounters; Encounters: Cultural Histories; Encounters: Cultural Histories
• Themen: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History, True Crime, HISTORY / General, TRUE CRIME / General, MEDICAL / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Medicine, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, legislative framework, William Palmer, poison hunter, criminal poisoning, poison detection, modern poison, Victorian imagination, scientific engagement, crime of civilization, toxicological knowledge