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

Blum, Deborah, 1954- author.

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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.

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Forensic toxicology New York (State) History

Poisoning New York (State) History

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ISBN:

9781594202438
9780143118824

Description:

319 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:

First published in the United States of America by The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index

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

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2905423

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