Bitter nemesis : the intimate history of strychnine /: the intimate history of strychnine. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Buckingham.
• Other Names: Buckingham, J
• Contents: Introduction; Some Disadvantages of a Weak Constitution; Nuts; The Patient Generally Lies on his Back; M. Vauquelin's Lack of Fame; Perfidious Dutchmen Bark up the Wrong Tree; You Will Be Careful as to the Second Article; You Hold Him Down, I'll Pour it Down His Throat; Overture to the Sorcerer's Apprentice; The Fop, the Scotsman and the Opium-Eater; It Will Be the Test-tube and the Retort That Will Hang Him; Shaken in Every Possible Way; Mrs. Dove's Brush with the Media; That Clever Dr. Letheby, So Ugly and Terrific; Tigers, Lions, etc.; Six Hundred Kilograms; The Blue Anchor Murder and Other Outrages; I Didn't Know It Was Used for Poisoning; Is There a Faceless Fiend?; Another Round of Pay Phone Hysteria
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 298 pages, [10] pages of plates), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 615.9/52; Strychnine -- History; Strychnine -- history; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Strychnine -- pharmacology; MEDICAL -- Toxicology; Strychnine; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420053166; 1420053167; 9781420053159; 1420053159
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.