01804     2200289   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001500097041000800112082001200120084001800132100002100150245007600171260003100247300003600278500002600314504001700340520098100357650002601338990002501364990002501389990002501414990002501439990002501464990002501489INLIS00000000000274620221112082705  a0010-0520002746221112                |          | eng    a1420053159  aeng  a615.952  a615.952 BUC b0 aBuckingham, John1 aBitter Nemesis :bThe Intimate History of Strychnine /cJohn Buckingham  aRondon :bCRC Press,c2008  axix, 298 p. :b:Illus. ;c24 cm  aIndeks : p. 277 - 298  ap. 269 - 276  aPhysicians tried for over a century, despite growing evidence to the contrary, to treat everything from paralysis to constipation with it. But strychnine proved only to be disappointingly deadly-relegating its fate almost entirely to animal control, the dangerous adulteration of foods, and criminal exploits. The NOTORIOUS and TRUE story of how a POISONOUS alkaloid... It presents a scholarly and compelling history of this fascinating chemical substance from its discovery to present times. John Buckingham fuses his eclectic interests into an extraordinary mix of original research spanning the realms of history, medicine, literature, chemistry, and forensics. ...Changed the course of HISTORY! Uncovering details and logistics from the earliest experiments performed in an era when proper scientific trials for testing new drugs were still in their infancy, the author explores strychnine's trial-and-error contributions to scientific, medical, and forensic developments. 4aStrychnine -- History  a10737/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10738/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10738/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10737/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10737/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10738/MKRI-P/XI-2008