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Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance /

Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance provides an authoritative and fascinating exploration into the use of toxins and poisons in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Part of the History of Toxicology and Environmental Health series, this volume is a follow-up, chronologically, to the first two...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Wexler, Philip, 1950-
Published: Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
Publisher Address: London, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: [2017]
©2017
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: History of toxicology and environmental health series
Subjects:
Toxicology > Europe > History.
Toxicology > Islamic countries > History.
Toxins > History.
Poisons > History.
Toxicology > History.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
Poisons.
Toxicology.
Toxins.
Europe.
Islamic countries.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128095546
Summary: Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance provides an authoritative and fascinating exploration into the use of toxins and poisons in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Part of the History of Toxicology and Environmental Health series, this volume is a follow-up, chronologically, to the first two volumes which explored toxicology in antiquity. The book approximately covers the 1100s through the 1600s, delving into different aspects of toxicology, such as the contributions of scientific scholars of the time, sensational poisoners and poisoning cases, as well as myths. Historical figures, such as the Borgias and Catherine de Medici are discussed. Toxicologists, students, medical researchers, and those interested in the history of science will find insightful and relevant material in this volume. Provides the historical background for understanding modern toxicologyIllustrates the ways previous civilizations learned to distinguish safe from hazardous substances, how to avoid them, and how to use them against enemies. Explores the way famous historical figures used toxins.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiv, 174 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780128095591
0128095598
Index Number: RA1197
CLC: R99
Contents: Poison and its dose : Paracelsus on toxicology / Urs Leo Gantenbein -- The golden age of medieval Islamic toxicology / Mozhgan M. Ardestani, Roja Rahimi, Mohammad M. Esfahani, Omar Habbal and Mohammad Abdollahi -- Maimonides' Book on poisons and the protection against lethal drugs / Gebriele Ferrario -- Pietro d'Abano, De venenis : reintroducing Greek toxicology into late medieval medicine / Alain Touwaide -- The case aginst the Borgias : motive, opportunity, and means / Cathy Cobb -- Aqua Tofana / Mike Dash -- Poisons and the prince : toxicology and statecraft at the Medici grand ducal court / Sheila Barker -- Georgius Agricola, a pioneer in the toxic hazards of mining, and his influence / Sverre Langard -- Jan Baptist Van Helmont and the medical-alchemical perspectives of poison / Georgiana D. Hedesan -- Origin of myths related to curative, antidotal and other medicinal properties of animal "horns" in the Middle Ages / Chris Lavers -- Animal stones and the Dark Age of bezoars / Marida do Sameiro Barroso -- Fossil sharks' teeth as alexipharmics / Christopher J. Duffin -- Catherine La Voisin : poisons and magic at the royal court of Louis XIV / Benedetta F. Duramy -- A late medieval criminal prosecution for poisoning : the failed murder trial of Margarida de Portu (1396) / Caley McCarthy and Steven Bednarski -- Animal venoms in the Middle Ages / Kathleen Walker-Meikle -- Medical literature on poison, c. 1300-1600 / Frederick Gibbs.

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