Toxic! : killer cures and other poisonings / Susie Hodge.

By:

Hodge, Susie, 1960-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Fact finders. Extreme!Publication details: Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, 2008.Description: 32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cmISBN:

9781429631167 (lib. bdg.)
1429631163 (lib. bdg.)
9781429631365 (pbk.)
1429631368 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

615.9 22

LOC classification:

RA1214 .H63 2008

Contents:

Toxic! -- Kill or cure? -- Old wives' tales -- Deadly anesthetics -- Toxic shops -- Deaf and dying -- Big bang! -- Killer sweets! -- "Dyeing" for art -- Dead beautiful -- Queens of poison -- Sabotage! -- Delivering the deadly dose.

Summary: Presents several types of poisons and poison delivery systems used throughout history, while using science to describe the effects that toxins have on the human body.

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Presents several types of poisons and poison delivery systems used throughout history, while using science to describe the effects that toxins have on the human body.