Past Poisons

Author : Maxim Jakubowski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1596871601

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Past Poisons by Maxim Jakubowski Pdf

Edith Pargeter, who also writes under the name Ellis Peters, previously combined her passion for history and storytelling in her creation of the much-loved monk, Brother Cadfael. It was she who paved the way for many others to explore the past through the thriving field of historical mysteries, and for this she was loved by readers and other writers alike. Past Poisons is a bumper crop of outstanding new short stories by the leading American and British historical crime writers, all wishing to pay tribute to the work of Ellis Peters. Maxim Jakubowski is a former publisher and owner of the world-famous Murder One bookshop in London's Charing Cross Road. As well as being a writer and editor of various past cult publishing imprints, he is acknowledged as a disturbing and controversial voice in contemporary fiction. His collections have sold massively. He is a regular on television and radio where he is an expert on crime, erotica, and film. As a columnist for the Guardian he also writes on the arts for The Times. Maxim is literary director of the prestigious Crime Scene festival held at London's National Film Theatre. He is the author of many titles including Skin In Darkness, but also the editor for Past Poisons (An Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime) and Murder Through the Ages.

Author : Mary Allerton Kilbourne Matossian
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0300051212

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Poisons of the Past by Mary Allerton Kilbourne Matossian Pdf

Did food poisoning cause the Black Plague, the Salem witch-hunts, and other significant events in human history? In this pathbreaking book, historian Mary Kilbourne Matossian argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behavior, and low fertility and high death rates from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in bread, the staple food in Europe and America during this period. "A bold book with a stimulating thesis. Matossian's claims for the role of food poisoning will need to be incorporated into any satisfactory account of past demographic trends."--John Walter, Nature "Matossian's work is innovative and original, modest and reasoned, and opens a door on our general human past that historians have not only ignored, but often did not even know existed."--William Richardson, Environmental History Review "This work demonstrates an impressive variety of cross-national sources. Its broad sweep also reveals the importance of the history of agriculture and food and strengthens the view that the shift from the consumption of mold-poisoned rye bread to the potato significantly contributed to an improvement in the mental and physical health of Europeans and Americans."--Naomi Rogers, Journal of American History "This work is a true botanical-historical tour de force."--Rudolf Schmid, Journal of the International Association of Plant Taxonomy "Intriguing and lucid."--William K. Beatty, Journal of the American Medical Association

Author : Nancy Odegaard,Alyce Sadongei,and Associates
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759114975

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Old Poisons, New Problems by Nancy Odegaard,Alyce Sadongei,and Associates Pdf

Old Poisons, New Problems is a timely and welcome practical guide to identifying, testing for, and dealing with contaminated cultural materials archived in museum collections. With increasing indigenous involvement in the collection, handling, and_more recently_the repatriation of cultural artifacts formerly held in museum archives, there is an increasing need to educate both the museum community and tribal members about the potential risks of pesticide contamination on museum collections, and provide the means to test for, identify, analyze, and safely handle these artifacts. Special features include worksheets for performing basic tests, charts of scientific and historical information on known pesticides, data resources, and illustrations. This book will be widely used by members of the museum community, as well as the tribal groups, involved with the managing of these collections.

Author : Nancy Odegaard,Alyce Sadongei
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Cultural property
ISBN : 0759105154

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Old Poisons, New Problems by Nancy Odegaard,Alyce Sadongei Pdf

Old Poisons, New Problems is a practical guide to identifying, testing for, and dealing with contaminated cultural materials archived in museum collections. Special features include worksheets for performing basic tests, charts of scientific and historical information on known pesticides, data resources, and illustrations. This book will be useful to the museum community and tribal groups involved with the management and/or repatriation of these collections.

Author : Yan Liu
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295749013

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Healing with Poisons by Yan Liu Pdf

Open access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295749013 At first glance, medicine and poison might seem to be opposites. But in China’s formative era of pharmacy (200–800 CE), poisons were strategically employed as healing agents to cure everything from abdominal pain to epidemic disease. Healing with Poisons explores the ways physicians, religious figures, court officials, and laypersons used toxic substances to both relieve acute illnesses and enhance life. It illustrates how the Chinese concept of du—a word carrying a core meaning of “potency”—led practitioners to devise a variety of methods to transform dangerous poisons into effective medicines. Recounting scandals and controversies involving poisons from the Era of Division to the Tang, historian Yan Liu considers how the concept of du was central to how the people of medieval China perceived both their bodies and the body politic. He also examines the wide range of toxic minerals, plants, and animal products used in classical Chinese pharmacy, including everything from the herb aconite to the popular recreational drug Five-Stone Powder. By recovering alternative modes of understanding wellness and the body’s interaction with foreign substances, this study cautions against arbitrary classifications and exemplifies the importance of paying attention to the technical, political, and cultural conditions in which substances become truly meaningful. Healing with Poisons is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) and the generous support of the University of Buffalo.

Author : Rendon Noel
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781496942494

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Poisons on the Inside by Rendon Noel Pdf

One of the reasons poisons keep stalking you is because there is something within you that keeps attracting it. Do you find it difficult at times to understand why things keep holding you down and keep you from moving forward in your personal growth and relationships with the opposite sex? In this book, Rendon Noel shares his thoughts, inspiration, experiences, and wisdom, exposing the core of our issues and conditions and the relationship hurdles that we find ourselves facing and having a hard time demolishing. This book will help you understand and give you the tools to take your personal relationship and growth to the next level, bringing you closer to yourself spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically.

Author : Addie Thorley
Publisher : Page Street YA
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781624147142

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An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley Pdf

No one looks kindly on the killer of a king. “Fast-paced and refreshing.” – SLJ, starred review “The perfect blend of history and dark fantasy.” – Mary Taranta, author of Shimmer and Burn “Thrilling, romantic, and addictive.” – Rosalyn Eves, author of Blood Rose Rebellion “The only cure is to finish it.” – Lyndsay Ely, author of Gunslinger Girl After unwittingly helping her mother poison King Louis XIV, seventeen-year-old alchemist Mirabelle Monvoisin is forced to see her mother’s Shadow Society in a horrifying new light: they’re not heroes of the people, as they’ve always claimed to be, but murderers. Herself included. Mira tries to ease her guilt by brewing helpful curatives, but her hunger tonics and headache remedies cannot right past wrongs or save the dissenters her mother vows to purge. Royal bastard Josse de Bourbon is more kitchen boy than fils de France. But when the Shadow Society assassinates the Sun King and half of the royal court, he must become the prince he was never meant to be in order to save his injured sisters and the petulant dauphin. Forced to hide in the sewers beneath the city, Josse’s hope of reclaiming Paris seems impossible—until his path collides with Mirabelle’s. She’s a deadly poisoner. He’s a bastard prince. They are sworn enemies, yet they form a tenuous pact to unite the commoners and former nobility against the Shadow Society. But can a rebellion built on mistrust ever hope to succeed?

Author : Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Pesticides
ISBN : SRLF:A0003751658

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Clinical Memoranda on Economic Poisons by Communicable Disease Center (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Communicable Disease Center (U.S.). Technical Development Laboratories,United States. Public Health Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Chemicals
ISBN : MINN:30000010574469

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Clinical Memoranda on Economic Poisons by Communicable Disease Center (U.S.). Technical Development Laboratories,United States. Public Health Service Pdf

Author : Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022800926

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A Treatise on Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Poisons, Considered as to Their Relations with Physiology, Pathology, and Medical Jurisprudence by Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila Pdf

Author : Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1821
Category : Toxicology
ISBN : HARVARD:HC2VTU

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A General System of Toxicology; Or, A Treatise on Poisons, Drawn from the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Considered as to Their Relations with Physiology, Pathology, and Medical Jurisprudence by Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila Pdf

Author : David J. George
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781315354484

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Poisons by David J. George Pdf

A unique book on recognition and investigation of criminal poisoning for investigators of all backgrounds and stages of their careers. Poisons: An Introduction for Forensic Investigators is a concise yet comprehensive overview of toxicants and unanticipated circumstances in which poisoning occurs. This book expands awareness of poisoning possibilities, heightens recognition of the toxic potential of many substances, and provides information to aid in focusing investigations. Poisons discusses life-threatening toxic substances and agents that modify behavior to achieve criminal goals. These include drugs that facilitate sexual assaults and robberies, and those found in medical child abuse and drug-product tampering. More than 230 case studies illustrate both unintentional and intentional poisoning and highlight situations where poisoning may not immediately be apparent. Information is included in pertinent criminal poisoning cases to illustrate the temperament of poisoners, their relationship to victims, their basis for poison selection, and their method of administration. Since Poisons is written by a single author, the discussions, format, educational level, and terminology remain consistent to aid crime scene investigators, homicide detectives, forensic scientists, death investigators, toxicologists, medical examiners, attorneys, and students. The book's more than 650 references are an asset to frame knowledge as well as a resource to return to again and again.

Author : New Zealand. Parliament
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : New Zealand
ISBN : UCAL:B3281374

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Parliamentary Debates by New Zealand. Parliament Pdf

Author : Alfred Swaine Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Medical jurisprudence
ISBN : UBBE:UBBE-00206553

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On Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence and Medicine by Alfred Swaine Taylor Pdf

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Author : Maria V. Snyder
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459248267

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Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder Pdf

From New York Times Bestselling Author Maria V. Snyder Choose: a quick death… or slow poison… Locked deep in the palace dungeon for killing her abuser, Yelena knows she’ll never be free again. The laws in Ixia are strict, and murderers must be executed, no matter the reason. But just as she’s resigned herself to her fate, she’s offered an extraordinary reprieve. As the food taster, Yelena will eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia. To make matters worse, the chief of security deliberately feeds her Butterfly’s Dust, and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison. As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can’t control. Her life is threatened again, and in order to survive, she must unravel the secrets behind the past she’s been running from. The Chronicles of Ixia Series by Maria V Snyder Book One: Poison Study Book Two: Magic Study Book Three: Fire Study Book Four: Storm Glass Book Five: Sea Glass Book Six: Spy Glass Book Seven: Shadow Study Book Eight: Night Study Book Nine: Dawn Study