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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

By Blum , Deborah

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Year
2011
ISBN
9781101524893, 9780143038955, 9780140263480, 9780143118824, 9781101524886, 110152488X, 1101524898
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
432 kB (442140 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Forensic sciences--New York (State)--History;Foren

Description

Prologue : The poison game -- Chloroform (CHCl₃) -- Wood alcohol (CH₃OH) -- Cyanides (HCN, KCN, NaCN) -- Arsenic (As) -- Mercury (Hg) -- Carbon monoxide (CO), part 1 -- Methyl alcohol (CH₃OH) -- Radium (Ra) -- Ethyl alcohol (C₂H₅OH) -- Carbon monoxide (CO), part 2 -- Thallium (Ti) -- Epilogue : The surest poison.;The untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. A pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Prologue : The poison game -- Chloroform (CHCl₃) -- Wood alcohol (CH₃OH) -- Cyanides (HCN, KCN, NaCN) -- Arsenic (As) -- Mercury (Hg) -- Carbon monoxide (CO), part 1 -- Methyl alcohol (CH₃OH) -- Radium (Ra) -- Ethyl alcohol (C₂H₅OH) -- Carbon monoxide (CO), part 2 -- Thallium (Ti) -- Epilogue : The surest poison.

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