The poisoner's handbook : murder and the birth of forensic medicine in jazz age New York / Deborah Blum.
By: Blum, Deborah.
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BookPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2010Description: 319 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781594202438 (trade); 1594202435.Subject(s): Poisoning -- New York (State) -- History | Forensic toxicology -- New York (State) -- History | Forensic science -- New York (State) -- History | Poisons and poisoning -- New York (State) -- History | Toxicology -- New York (State) -- History | Forensic sciences -- HistoryDDC classification: 614/.13/09747/1/09/041 Summary: Shares the story of how the appointment of Charles Norris as chief medical examiner in New York in 1918 dramatically slowed the incidence of murder by poisoning, and looks at how Norris worked together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler to investigate chemistry-related deaths and disorders and to establish the discipline of forensics.
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Shares the story of how the appointment of Charles Norris as chief medical examiner in New York in 1918 dramatically slowed the incidence of murder by poisoning, and looks at how Norris worked together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler to investigate chemistry-related deaths and disorders and to establish the discipline of forensics.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-306) and index.
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