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The poisoner's handbook : murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York

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2011

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Format:	Book
Author:	Blum, Deborah, 1954-
Title:	The poisoner's handbook : murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York / Deborah Blum.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Penguin Books, 2011.
Description:	319 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:	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.
Notes:	Originally published: 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index. Some Davenport copies may be shelved in Book Club section.
Subjects:	Poisoning -- New York (State) -- History. Forensic toxicology -- New York (State) -- History. Forensic sciences -- New York (State) -- History. History, 20th Century -- New York. Poisons and poisoning -- History. Toxicology -- History. Forensic sciences -- New York (State) -- History.
Contents:	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.
ISBN:	9780143118824 (pbk.) 014311882X (pbk.)
System Availability:	9
Current Holds:	0
Control Number:	1044708
Other Number:	644667154
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