John Parascandola

King of Poisons

A History of Arsenic. Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 208 Seiten
ISBN 1597977039
EAN 9781597977036
Veröffentlicht Oktober 2012
Verlag/Hersteller Potomac Books
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Beschreibung

For centuries, arsenics image as a poison has been inextricably tied to images of foul play. Now, medical historian John Parascandola takes readers through the history of this deadly element in King of Poisons.

Portrait

John Parascandola received his PhD in the history of science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and later served as the chief of the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine and as the Public Health Service historian. The author of The Development of American Pharmacology (1992) and Sex, Sin, and Science: A History of Syphilis in America (2008), he is currently a historical consultant and teaches courses in the history of modern biology and of poisons at the University of Maryland. He lives in Rockville, Maryland.

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