02356nam 2200565Ia 450 991045523100332120200520144314.01-84755-860-7(CKB)1000000000791416(EBL)1185663(OCoLC)319518111(SSID)ssj0000379433(PQKBManifestationID)11937968(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000379433(PQKBWorkID)10365310(PQKB)10724930(MiAaPQ)EBC1185663(PPN)198474717(Au-PeEL)EBL1185663(CaPaEBR)ebr10618736(CaONFJC)MIL871779(EXLCZ)99100000000079141620071220d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIs arsenic an aphrodisiac?[electronic resource] the sociochemistry of an element /William R. CullenCambridge Royal Society of Chemistryc20081 online resource (429 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85404-363-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front cover; i_iv; v_viii; ix_xvi; 001_055; 056_098; 099_129; 130_165; 166_214; 215_286; 287_348; 349_397; 398_412Sex, drugs, rocks, gold, murder, war, mass poisonings, the deaths of Napoleon, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and others are all linked by one element - arsenic! Arsenic has been around since the beginning of time and the word has become a metaphor for poison with associated shock value. The general public are fearful of any possible exposure to it and yet it holds a certain dark and eerie fascination! The average person has only one idea about arsenic - it is poison - and this reputation has a sound base. Some arsenic compounds are very toxic and have been used with criminal intent from the time of theArsenicHistoryArsenicToxicologyElectronic books.ArsenicHistory.ArsenicToxicology.615.925715Cullen William R901084MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455231003321Is arsenic an aphrodisiac2014077UNINA