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Poisons
A History from Hemlock to Botox Science & Mathematics
Health & MBS
 
MJF 2004 
Hardback    1567318142 
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'A poison in a small dose is a medicine,' it was once observed, 'and a medicine in a large dose is a poison.' From aconite to wormwood, poisons are all around us and have been used for purposes good and ill - medicines, pest control, murder and terrorism. This history of their use and misuse is full of facts and anecdotes, revealing where the term 'barking mad' originates, why cows don't like marijuana and how much coffee will kill you.

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