Title:
The poisoner's handbook : murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York / Deborah Blum.
Author:
Blum, Deborah, 1954-
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Books, 2011.
Call Number:
HV6555.U52 N373 2011
Abstract:
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.
ISBN:
9780143118824
Physical Description:
319 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally published: 2010.
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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