Author : C. J. S. Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Poison
ISBN : OCLC:59865972
Poisons and Poisoners
C. J. S. Thompson
Poisons And Poisoners
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The Poisoner's Handbook
Deborah Blum
Author : Deborah Blum
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781101524893
The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum Pdf
Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie." —The New York Observer “The Poisoner’s Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties.” —Financial Times “Reads like science fiction, complete with suspense, mystery and foolhardy guys in lab coats tipping test tubes of mysterious chemicals into their own mouths.” —NPR: What We're Reading A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder, The Poisoner's Handbook is a page-turning account of a forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall-controlled coroner's office, and corruption ran rampant. However, with the appointment of chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison game changed forever. Together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo set the justice system on fire with their trailblazing scientific detective work, triumphing over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice. In 2014, PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE released a film based on The Poisoner's Handbook.
A Taste for Poison
Neil Bradbury, Ph.D.
Author : Neil Bradbury, Ph.D.
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781250270764
A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury, Ph.D. Pdf
“A fascinating tale of poisons and poisonous deeds which both educates and entertains.” --Kathy Reichs A brilliant blend of science and crime, A TASTE FOR POISON reveals how eleven notorious poisons affect the body--through the murders in which they were used. As any reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduring—and popular—weapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It can be slipped into a drink, smeared onto the tip of an arrow or the handle of a door, even filtered through the air we breathe. But how exactly do these poisons work to break our bodies down, and what can we learn from the damage they inflict? In a fascinating blend of popular science, medical history, and true crime, Dr. Neil Bradbury explores this most morbidly captivating method of murder from a cellular level. Alongside real-life accounts of murderers and their crimes—some notorious, some forgotten, some still unsolved—are the equally compelling stories of the poisons involved: eleven molecules of death that work their way through the human body and, paradoxically, illuminate the way in which our bodies function. Drawn from historical records and current news headlines, A Taste for Poison weaves together the tales of spurned lovers, shady scientists, medical professionals and political assassins to show how the precise systems of the body can be impaired to lethal effect through the use of poison. From the deadly origins of the gin & tonic cocktail to the arsenic-laced wallpaper in Napoleon’s bedroom, A Taste for Poison leads readers on a riveting tour of the intricate, complex systems that keep us alive—or don’t.
Poisons and Poisoners
Charles John Samuel Thompson
Author : Charles John Samuel Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Poisoners
ISBN : 1566192110
Poisons and Poisoners by Charles John Samuel Thompson Pdf
Thompson's history begins with mythology and primitive man and continues into the 20th century. In between we discover the many types of poisons and their origins, including hemlock, hellebore, arsenic, strychnine, and stramonium; and the many men and women who have chosen deadly elixirs for their murder weapon. Thompson recounts many of the most famous cases of poisoning including the attempts on Queen Elizabeth's life; Catherine Wilson, who carried out a series of cold-blooded murders by poison; the Crippen case; Mary Blandly, who was as beautiful as she was deadly; and countless others.
The Secret Poisoner
Linda Stratmann
Author : Linda Stratmann
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780300219548
The Secret Poisoner by Linda Stratmann Pdf
“This fine social history charts the changing patterns of using poison” and the forensic methods developed to detect it in the Victorian Era (The Guardian, UK). Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in some ways even defined the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann’s dark and splendid social history reveals the nineteenth century as a gruesome battleground where poisoners went head-to-head with scientific and legal authorities who strove to detect poisons, control their availability, and bring the guilty to justice. Separating fact from Hollywood fiction, Stratmann corrects many misconceptions about particular poisons and their deadly effects. She also documents how the motives for poisoning—which often involved domestic unhappiness—evolved as marriage and child protection laws began to change. Combining archival research with vivid storytelling, Stratmann charts the era’s inexorable rise of poison cases.
Poison
Ben Hubbard
Author : Ben Hubbard
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-26
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781802796957
Poison by Ben Hubbard Pdf
"As every amateur toxicologist knows, the difference between a poison and medicine is often simply the dose." There is no weapon as insidious, as seductive or as mysterious as poison. In this terrifying account of history's silent assassin, discover the gripping tales of users, abusers and victims of these mysterious substances, from Cleopatra and Catherine de' Medici to contemporary secret service agents and terrorists. Documenting royal scandal, political upheaval and personal tragedies, Poison details a gruesome thread that runs often undetected through human history.
Poisons and Poisoners
Michael Farrell
Author : Michael Farrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Homicide
ISBN : 0553406833
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Poison and Poisoning
Celia Kellett
Author : Celia Kellett
Publisher : Accent Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781909335059
Poison and Poisoning by Celia Kellett Pdf
This fascinating book will be enjoyed both by those interested in the science of poisons and also by general readers who can dip in and find hair-raising horrors and calamities on every page. In this fascinating guide to poisons, Celia Kellett provides information and entertainment in equal measure as she explains clearly what all the different poisons are and how they work, giving us all the gory detail of how, by accident or design, they have led to the demise of so many people. From cyanide to the Black Widow spider, and from the Green Mamba snake to botulism, poisons can be found everywhere from the jungle to the refrigerator. Did you know, for example, that the Emperor Napoleon died from arsenic poisoning caused by the green dye used for the pattern on his wallpaper? Or that the Green Mamba’s venom is so toxic that a bite is fatal within half an hour? Or that 50,000 people die from snake bites every year in India? Poison is rarely out of the headlines, with recent stories including the murder, by polonium poisoning, of Alexander Litvinenko in London, allegedly by the KGB, The Horse Whisperer author Nicholas Evans becoming seriously ill in Scotland after eating poisonous mushrooms, and melamine poisoning in Chinese baby-milk formula. It is a subject that holds a fascination for the general public who (along with budding crime writers, and perhaps the KGB) will want to buy this excellent book in large numbers.
The Killer Bean of Calabar and Other Stories
Peter Macinnis
Author : Peter Macinnis
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781741154375
The Killer Bean of Calabar and Other Stories by Peter Macinnis Pdf
A triumphantly toxic tome. As a dedicated Macinnis fan, I relish this latest display of erudition, story-telling and fun. One of his very best.' Robyn Williams, Head, ABC Science Unit Was Abraham Lincoln really as mad as a hatter? Who poisoned Phar Lap? Can wallpaper really kill? Was Jack the Ripper an arsenic eater? Painting a broad canvas, from the early Egyptians to the arsenical tube wells in Bangladesh and the Sarin gas attacks in a Tokyo subway, The Killer Bean of Calabar explores the accidental and intentional tales of poisons and their use throughout history. Historically difficult substances to trace, poisons have been used by many for their own dastardly purposes, from the Great Poisoners such as Nero and Madame de Brinvilliers to the mass gassings of World War II. But the truly great poisoners are those who make selective use of poisons to save human life, not the few who use poison to take human life. Most of the medicines we take are themselves poisons - therapeutic only by virtue of being more deadly to our viruses than to us. Poisons are all around us - from the plants in our gardens and lead in our homes, to the bacteria and toxins in our bodies. With ripping yarns and unusual views of famous people, Macinnis explains the whys and wherefores of poisons and poisoning.
Poison and Poisoning in Science, Fiction and Cinema
Heike Klippel,Bettina Wahrig,Anke Zechner
Author : Heike Klippel,Bettina Wahrig,Anke Zechner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319649092
Poison and Poisoning in Science, Fiction and Cinema by Heike Klippel,Bettina Wahrig,Anke Zechner Pdf
This book is about poison and poisonings; it explores the facts, fears and fictions that surround this fascinating topic. Poisons attract attention because they are both dangerous and hard to discover. Secretive and invisible, they are a challenging object of representation. How do science studies, literature, and especially film—the medium of the visible—explain and show what is hidden? How can we deal with uncertainties emerging from the ambivalence of dangerous substances? These considerations lead the editors of this volume to the notion of “precarious identities” as a key discursive marker of poisons and related substances. This book is unique in facilitating a multi-faceted conversation between disciplines. It draws on examples from historical cases of poisoning; figurations of uncertainty and blurred boundaries in literature; and cinematic examples, from early cinema and arthouse to documentary and blockbuster. The contributions work with concepts from gender studies, new materialism, post-colonialism, deconstructivism, motif studies, and discourse analysis.
Poisoned Lives
Katherine D. Watson
Author : Katherine D. Watson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1852855037
Poisoned Lives by Katherine D. Watson Pdf
Here is a valuable, and fascinating, piece of social history. Watson sheds new light on a macabre yet frequently misunderstood subject.
Criminal Poisoning
John H. Trestrail, III
Author : John H. Trestrail, III
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781597452564
Criminal Poisoning by John H. Trestrail, III Pdf
In this revised and expanded edition, leading forensic scientist John Trestrail offers a pioneering survey of all that is known about the use of poison as a weapon in murder. Topics range from the use of poisons in history and literature to convicting the poisoner in court, and include a review of the different types of poisons, techniques for crime scene investigation, and the critical essentials of the forensic autopsy. The author updates what is currently known about poisoners in general and their victims. The Appendix has been updated to include the more commonly used poisons, as well as the use of antifreeze as a poison.
The Elements of Murder
John Emsley
Author : John Emsley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-13
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780192806000
The Elements of Murder by John Emsley Pdf
A fascinating account of the five most toxic elements describes the lethal chemical properties of arsenic, antimony, lead, mercury, and thallium, as well as their use in some of the most famous murder cases in history, with profiles of such deadly poisoners as Mary Ann Cotton, Michael Swango, and Saddam Hussein and a look at modern-day environmental catastrophes.
HowDunit - The Book of Poisons
Serita Stevens,Anne Bannon
Author : Serita Stevens,Anne Bannon
Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : IND:30000060350455
HowDunit - The Book of Poisons by Serita Stevens,Anne Bannon Pdf
Whether they're writing a short detective story, crime novel, or something else, writers at every level--and in every genre--can find the information they need to make their work more accurate and gripping in this reference that cuts through the medical jargon to address everything from a poison's symptoms and reactions to how it can be administered.
The Poison Principle
Gail Bell
Author : Gail Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Murderers
ISBN : 0330491261
The Poison Principle by Gail Bell Pdf
When Dr. William Macbeth poisoned two of his sons in 1927, his wife and sister hid the murders in the intensely private realm of family secrets. But secrets can be as corrosive as poison, and as time passed, the story of Dr William Macbeth, well-dressed poisoner, haunted and divided his descendants. Macbeth's granddaughter, Gail Bell, who grew up with the story, spent ten years reading about poisons in order to 'read' and understand Macbeth's life. A chemist herself, she listened for echoes in the great poison cases in history, in myths, fiction and poison lore. As well as Bell's own story, here too are the stories of Cleopatra and Snow White, Madame Bovary and Napoleon's doctor, Dr Crippen and Harold Shipman. Intricate and beautifully written, with a stunning twist at its end, The Poison Principle is both a fascinating detective story and a moving memoir of death and deceit.