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  • The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

    The Poisoner's Handbook by Blum, Deborah;

    Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

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      • Publisher's listprice USD 19.00
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    Estimated delivery time: In stock at the publisher, but not at Prospero's office. Delivery time approx. 3-6 weeks.
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    Product details:

    • Edition number Reprint
    • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group
    • Date of Publication 25 January 2011

    • ISBN 9780143118824
    • Binding Paperback
    • See also 9781594202438
    • No. of pages336 pages
    • Size 215x141x18 mm
    • Weight 272 g
    • Language English
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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. Chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler investigate a family mysteriously stricken bald, factory workers with crumbling bones, a diner serving poisoned pies, and many others. Each case presents a deadly new puzzle and Norris and Gettler createrevolutionary experiments to tease out even the wiliest compounds from human tissue. From the vantage of their laboratory it also becomes clear that murderers aren't the only toxic threat--modern life has created a kind of poison playground, and danger lurks around every corner.

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