Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (History of Toxicology and Environmental Health) 1st edition – Ebook PDF Instant Delivery – ISBN(s): 9780128095546,0128095547, 9780128095591, 0128095598
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0128095598
- ISBN-13 : 9780128095591
- Author: Philip Wexler
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.
Table contents:
Chapter 1. Poison and Its Dose: Paracelsus on Toxicology
Chapter 2. The Golden Age of Medieval Islamic Toxicology
Chapter 3. Maimonides’ Book on Poisons and the Protection Against Lethal Drugs
Chapter 4. Pietro d’Abano, De venenis: Reintroducing Greek Toxicology into Late Medieval Medicine
Chapter 5. The Case Against the Borgias: Motive, Opportunity, and Means
Chapter 6. Aqua Tofana
Chapter 7. Poisons and the Prince: Toxicology and Statecraft at the Medici Grand Ducal Court
Chapter 8. Georgius Agricola, a Pioneer in the Toxic Hazards of Mining, and His Influence
Chapter 9. Jan Baptist Van Helmont and the Medical–Alchemical Perspectives of Poison
Chapter 10. Origin of Myths Related to Curative, Antidotal and Other Medicinal Properties of Animal “Horns” in the Middle Ages
Chapter 11. Animal Stones and the Dark Age of Bezoars
Chapter 12. Fossil Sharks’ Teeth as Alexipharmics
Chapter 13. Catherine La Voisin: Poisons and Magic at the Royal Court of Louis XIV
Chapter 14. A Late Medieval Criminal Prosecution for Poisoning: The Failed Murder Trial of Margarida de Portu (1396)
Chapter 15. Animal Venoms in the Middle Ages
Chapter 16. Medical Literature on Poison, c. 1300–1600
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