The Resource Poison : deadly deeds, perilous professions, and murderous medicines, Sarah Albee
Poison : deadly deeds, perilous professions, and murderous medicines, Sarah Albee
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The item Poison : deadly deeds, perilous professions, and murderous medicines, Sarah Albee represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
- Summary
- "A humorous and informative book that traces the role poisons have played in human history from antiquity to the present. Part history, part chemistry, part whodunit"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 182 pages
- Contents
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- No bane, no gain: poisons in the ancient world
- That's classic: poison in Greece and Rome
- Poisons, potions, and witches' brews: the Middle Ages
- The wretched Renaissance
- Crime and corruption: the sinister seventeenth century
- Murder and medicine in the Age of Reason
- Bad heir days: poisons in the nineteenth century
- Twentieth-century tox
- New and noxious: poisons in the twenty-first century and beyond
- Isbn
- 9781101932247
- Label
- Poison : deadly deeds, perilous professions, and murderous medicines
- Title
- Poison
- Title remainder
- deadly deeds, perilous professions, and murderous medicines
- Statement of responsibility
- Sarah Albee
- Subject
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- Hazardous substances -- Juvenile literature
- History
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- History
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Humor
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature
- Juvenile works
- Nonfiction
- Poisoning
- Poisoning
- Poisoning -- Juvenile literature
- Poisons
- Hazardous substances
- Poisons -- History
- Poisons -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Poisons -- Juvenile literature
- Toxicology
- Toxicology
- Toxicology -- Juvenile literature
- Poisons
- Hazardous substances
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A humorous and informative book that traces the role poisons have played in human history from antiquity to the present. Part history, part chemistry, part whodunit"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- NJQ/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Albee, Sarah
- Dewey number
- 615.9
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
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- Ages 8-12
- Grades 4-6
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Poisons
- Toxicology
- Poisoning
- Poisons
- Hazardous substances
- Poisons
- Toxicology
- Poisoning
- Poisons
- Hazardous substances
- JUVENILE NONFICTION
- JUVENILE NONFICTION
- JUVENILE NONFICTION
- Hazardous substances
- Poisoning
- Poisons
- Toxicology
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Poison : deadly deeds, perilous professions, and murderous medicines, Sarah Albee
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- No bane, no gain: poisons in the ancient world -- That's classic: poison in Greece and Rome -- Poisons, potions, and witches' brews: the Middle Ages -- The wretched Renaissance -- Crime and corruption: the sinister seventeenth century -- Murder and medicine in the Age of Reason -- Bad heir days: poisons in the nineteenth century -- Twentieth-century tox -- New and noxious: poisons in the twenty-first century and beyond
- Control code
- ocn945549619
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 182 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101932247
- Lccn
- 2016009205
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Poison : deadly deeds, perilous professions, and murderous medicines, Sarah Albee
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- No bane, no gain: poisons in the ancient world -- That's classic: poison in Greece and Rome -- Poisons, potions, and witches' brews: the Middle Ages -- The wretched Renaissance -- Crime and corruption: the sinister seventeenth century -- Murder and medicine in the Age of Reason -- Bad heir days: poisons in the nineteenth century -- Twentieth-century tox -- New and noxious: poisons in the twenty-first century and beyond
- Control code
- ocn945549619
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 182 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101932247
- Lccn
- 2016009205
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Hazardous substances -- Juvenile literature
- History
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- History
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Humor
- JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature
- Juvenile works
- Nonfiction
- Poisoning
- Poisoning
- Poisoning -- Juvenile literature
- Poisons
- Hazardous substances
- Poisons -- History
- Poisons -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Poisons -- Juvenile literature
- Toxicology
- Toxicology
- Toxicology -- Juvenile literature
- Poisons
- Hazardous substances
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