cam a22 4 4500 528814192 CHVBK 20200927185653.0 180925s2017 enkac b||| 001 0 eng| 2017394255 101708647 DNLM 978-0-12-809554-6 pbk 0-12-809554-7 pbk (IDSBB)006826204 (VAUD)991021128597302852 (OCoLC)962896277 (OCoLC)966613682 (EXLNZ-41BCULAUSA_NETWORK)991023451132602851 NLM ger NLM YDX OCLCO NLM OCLCO OCLCF DLC OCLCA SzZuIDS BS/BE B583 rda RA1195 .T69 2017 2017 E-769 QV 11.1 615.90094 23 615.9009/02 23 HH 1135 rvk HI 1151 rvk Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance edited by Philip Wexler London, United Kingdom Elsevier, Academic Press [2017] xiv, 174 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm History of toxicology and environmental health series Includes bibliographical references and index Table of Contents - Chapter 1. Poison and Its Dose: Paracelsus on Toxicology / Urs Leo Gantenbein - Chapter 2. The Golden Age of Medieval Islamic Toxicology / Mozhgan M. Ardestani ... (et al.) - Chapter 3. Maimonides' Book on Poisons and the Protection Against Lethal Drugs / Gabriele Ferrario - Chapter 4. Pietro d'Abano, De venenis: Reintroducing Greek Toxicology into Late Medieval Medicine / Alain Touwaide - Chapter 5. The Case Against the Borgias: Motive, Opportunity, and Means / Cathy Cobb - Chapter 6. Aqua Tofana / Mike Dash -Chapter 7. Poisons and the Prince: Toxicology and Statecraft at the Medici Grand Ducal Court / Sheila Barker - Chapter 8. Georgius Agricola, a Pioneer in the Toxic Hazards of Mining, and His Influence / Sverre Langard - Chapter 9. Jan Baptist Van Helmont and the Medical-Alchemical Perspectives of Poison / Georgiana D. Hedesan - Chapter 10. Origin of Myths Related to Curative, Antidotal and Other Medicinal Properties of Animal "Horns” in the Middle Ages / Chris Lavers - Chapter 11. Animal Stones and the Dark Age of Bezoars / Maria do Sameiro Barroso - Chapter 12. Fossil Sharks' Teeth as Alexipharmics / Christopher J. Duffin - Chapter 13. Catherine La Voisin: Poisons and Magic at the Royal Court of Louis XIV / Benedetta F. Duramy - Chapter 14. A Late Medieval Criminal Prosecution for Poisoning: The Failed Murder Trial of Margarida de Portu (1396) / Caley McCathy and Steven Bednarski - Chapter 15. Animal Venoms in the Middle Ages / Kathleen Walker-Meikle - Chapter 16. Medical Literature on Poison, c. 1300-1600 / Frederick Gibbs Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance provides an authoritative and fascinating exploration into the use of toxins and poisons in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Part of the History of Toxicology and Environmental Health series, this volume is a follow-up, chronologically, to the first two volumes which explored toxicology in antiquity. 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. Geschichte gnd Geschichte 1200-1600 gnd Geschichte 1200-1700 gnd Geschichte 1300-1600 gnd Arzneimittel (DE-588)4003115-9 gnd Toxikologie (DE-588)4060538-3 gnd Umwelthygiene (DE-588)4117282-6 gnd Toxicology History Medicine, Medieval Toxicology history (DNLM)D014116Q000266 History, Medieval (DNLM)D049691 Medicine, Medieval fast Toxicology fast Poisons Histoire ram Toxicologie Histoire ram Aufsatzsammlung gnd-content History fast Wexler Philip 1950- (DE-588)137856393 Herausgeber edt BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 Metadata rights reserved vaud s1pa rnv s2hm rnv VAUD iuhm iuhm HMA 25770 16 810820001 IDSBB B583 B583 583LS IMG QV 11 H674 NELB5831809 IDSBB 490 0- History of toxicology and environmental health series IDSBB 700 1- Wexler Philip 1950- (DE-588)137856393 Herausgeber edt VAUD 490 0- History of toxicology and environmental health series VAUD 700 1- Wexler Philip SWISSBIB 528814192