Bitter Nemesis - The Intimate History of Strychnine

Informationen zum Autor John Buckingham Zusammenfassung Uncovering details and logistics from the earliest experiments performed in an era when proper scientific trials for testing various drugs were still in their infancy, this book explores strychnine's trial-and-error contributions to scientific, medical, and forensic developments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Some Disadvantages of a Weak Constitution. Nuts. The Patient Generally Lies on his Back. M. Vauquelin's Lack of Fame. Perfidious Dutchmen Bark up the Wrong Tree. You Will Be Careful as to the Second Article. You Hold Him Down! I'll Pour it Down His Throat. Overture to the Sorcerer's Apprentice. The Fop! the Scotsman and the Opium-Eater. It Will Be the Test-tube and the Retort That Will Hang Him. Shaken in Every Possible Way. Mrs. Dove's Brush with the Media. That Clever Dr. Letheby! So Ugly and Terrific. Tigers! Lions! etc.; Six Hundred Kilograms. The Blue Anchor Murder and Other Outrages. I Didn't Know It Was Used for Poisoning. Is There a Faceless Fiend? Another Round of Payphone Hysteria.

Product details

• Authors: Buckingham, John Buckingham, John (Consultant Editor Buckingham, Buckingham John
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138445796
• ISBN: 978-1-138-44579-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Pharmacy; LAW / Forensic Science, SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, MEDICAL / Pharmacology, chemistry, Forensic Science, Pharmacology, Life sciences: general issues, Pharmaceutical technology