LEADER 02638cam a2200409 a 4500003    hubpceuo
005    20201022085614.0
007    ta
008    090702s2010    nyu      b    001 0 eng  
010      2009026461
020    9781594202438
020    1594202435
029 1  AU@ |b000044658737
029 1  CDX |b10540306
035    6853591
035    (OCoLC)430052048
040    DLC |cDLC |dhubpceuo |bEnglish
041    eng
043    n-us-ny
050 04 HV6555.U62 |bN373 2010
082 00 614/.1309747109041 |222
100 1  Blum, Deborah, |d1954-
245 14 The poisoner's handbook : |bmurder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York / |cDeborah Blum.
260    New York : |bPenguin Press, |c2010.
300    319 p. ; |c24 cm.
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
505    Prologue: the poison game -- One: chloroform (CHCL3) -- Two: wood alcohol (CH3OH) -- Three: cyanides (HCN, KCN, NaCN) -- Four: arsenic (As) -- Five: mercury (Hg) -- Six: carbon monoxide (CO), part I -- Seven: methyl alcohol (CH3OH) -- Eight: radium (Ra) -- Nine: ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH) -- Ten: carbon monoxide (CO), Part II -- Eleven: thallium (TI) -- Epilogue: the surest poison. 
520    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 create revolutionary 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.
650  0 Poisoning |zNew York (State) |xHistory.
650  0 Forensic toxicology |zNew York (State) |xHistory.
650  0 Forensic sciences |zNew York (State) |xHistory.
942     |2ddc |cBK
952     |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6614_000000000000000__1309747109041_BLU |70 |8GEN |9129759OSA |bOSA |d2020-10-22 |eOSA |l0 |o614/.1309747109041 BLU |r2020-10-22 |w2020-10-22 |yBK |zDonation of School of Public Policy. |cOSA Repository
920 01 7XO7pyX4
992 01 614_000000000000000__1309747109041_BLU |bTYV_ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ__YWZQSVSYZQZVY_OE5
966     |cIn the Research Room