Poison
Deadly Deeds, Perilous Professions, and Murderous Medicines
New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2017]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
"A humorous and informative book that traces the role poisons have played in human history from antiquity to the present. Part history, part chemistry, part whodunit"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
No bane, no gain: poisons in the ancient world -- That's classic: poison in Greece and Rome -- Poisons, potions, and witches' brews: the Middle Ages -- The wretched Renaissance -- Crime and corruption: the sinister seventeenth century -- Murder and medicine in the Age of Reason -- Bad heir days: poisons in the nineteenth century -- Twentieth-century tox -- New and noxious: poisons in the twenty-first century and beyond.
Subjects:
Poisons -- Juvenile literature.
Toxicology -- Juvenile literature.
Poisoning -- Juvenile literature.
Poisons -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Hazardous substances -- Juvenile literature.
Poisons -- Juvenile literature.
Toxicology -- Juvenile literature.
Poisoning -- Juvenile literature.
Poisons -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Hazardous substances -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 1080L
ISBN:
9781101932247
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