02391nam 2200589Ia 450 991082779480332120240313211915.01-84755-860-7(CKB)1000000000791416(EBL)1185663(OCoLC)319518111(SSID)ssj0000379433(PQKBManifestationID)11937968(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000379433(PQKBWorkID)10365310(PQKB)10724930(MiAaPQ)EBC1185663(Au-PeEL)EBL1185663(CaPaEBR)ebr10618736(CaONFJC)MIL871779(PPN)198474717(MiAaPQ)EBC7424117(Au-PeEL)EBL7424117(EXLCZ)99100000000079141620071220d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIs arsenic an aphrodisiac? the sociochemistry of an element /William R. Cullen1st ed.Cambridge 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 theArsenicHistoryArsenicToxicologyArsenicHistory.ArsenicToxicology.615.925715Cullen William R1203062MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827794803321Is arsenic an aphrodisiac4058566UNINA