Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean of Calabar

Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean of Calabar image
ISBN-10:

1559708107

ISBN-13:

9781559708104

Author(s): Macinnis, Peter
Released: May 05, 2006
Format: Paperback, 266 pages
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Description:

A tour of the many applications of common toxins traces their origins and detection processes as well as their use in medicine, food, cleaning products, cosmetics, and war, in an account that also cites the utilization of poisons throughout history and in key literary works. By the author of Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar. Reprint.


























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