Bitter Nemesis: The Intimate History of Strychnine
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- Synopsis
- Encouraged by the medicinal success of quinine, early 19th century scientists hoped strychnine, another plant alkaloid with remarkable properties, might also become a new weapon against disease. Physicians tried for over a century, despite growing evidence to the contrary, to treat everything from paralysis to constipation with it. But strychnine p
- Copyright:
- 2008
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781040208199
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781420053159, 9781420053166, 9780429146312, 9781138445796
- Publisher:
- CRC Press
- Date of Addition:
- 12/05/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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