Poison eaters: snakes, opium, arsenic, and the lethal show

This book explores the tradition of deliberate poison eating, its practitioners, and the substances that might nourish or kill them. Readers interested in the human history of drugs and medicine, in feats of endurance usually survived and in the play of controlling and regulatory authorities that al...

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1. Verfasser: Swiderski, Richard M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boca Raton, Fla. Universal Publishers 2010
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Zusammenfassung:This book explores the tradition of deliberate poison eating, its practitioners, and the substances that might nourish or kill them. Readers interested in the human history of drugs and medicine, in feats of endurance usually survived and in the play of controlling and regulatory authorities that always accompanies drug and poison use will find Poison Eaters especially appealing
Beschreibung:Poison Maiden and Poison Ordeal -- Snakes, Opium, and Spices -- Theriac, Theriaque, Triaca, Tyriac, Dryakel, Treacle -- Charas and Redi -- Bernoin and Pontaeus -- Chabert and the Science of Poison Eating -- The Styrian Defense -- Caesar, Sampson, and the Rattlesnake King(s) -- The Poison Squad -- Mithridatisation
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-287)
Beschreibung:287 S. Ill. 23 cm
ISBN:9781599428345
1599428342

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