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Zusatztext "Mixing science! history! and intriguing true accounts with his own touch of humor! Buckingham has created an enjoyable read for anyone with interest in scientific history."-Books to Note! Spring 2009". . . Bitter Nemesis is the wonderful result of Buckingham's passions and perspectives. Clearly! strychnine has come out on top again!"?-Jeffrey I. Seeman! University of Richmond in Angewandte Chemie International Edition! 2008". . . well written and it would be highly entertaining light reading by chemists for their sheer pleasure."-Joseph G. Cannon! University of Iowa in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry! 2008"The introduction and 18 cleverly named chapters take the reader through the tangled and confused history of nux vomica ? Efforts to use this preparation as a medication are described! along with the more sinister efforts to use this poison to commit murder? [it is] an interesting and educational glimpse into one of the many hallmark natural products that played pivotal roles in the development and evolution of organic chemistry."-Journal of Natural Products! 2010"The book is well researched and thorough. Citations are endnotes to each chapter! and a bibliography and index are included at the end."-Scott Zona! Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Economic Botany! 2008 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....
