LEADER 03859oam 2200469 450 001 9910297367503321 005 20190911100031.0 010 $a0-12-809559-8 035 $a(OCoLC)976037649 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL08KO 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001100867 100 $a20170608h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aToxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance /$fedited by Philip Wexler 210 $cElsevier/Academic Press$d2017 210 1$aLondon :$cAcademic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,$d[2017] 210 4$d?2017 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 174 pages) $cillustrations (some color), portraits 225 0 $aHistory of Toxicology and Environmental Health Series 311 $a0-12-809554-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $ach. 1. Poison and its dose : Paracelsus on toxicology / Urs Leo Gantenbein -- ch. 2. The golden age of medieval Islamic toxicology / Mozhgan M. Ardestani [and four others] -- ch. 3. Maimonides' Book on poisons and the protection against lethal drugs / Gebriele Ferrario -- ch. 4. Pietro d'Abano, De venenis : reintroducing Greek toxicology into late medieval medicine / Alain Touwaide -- ch. 5. The case aginst the Borgias : motive, opportunity, and means / Cathy Cobb -- ch. 6. Aqua Tofana / Mike Dash -- ch. 7. Poisons and the prince : toxicology and statecraft at the Medici grand ducal court / Sheila Barker -- ch. 8. Georgius Agricola, a pioneer in the toxic hazards of mining, and his influence / Sverre Langard -- ch. 9. Jan Baptist Van Helmont and the medical-alchemical perspectives of poison / Georgiana D. Hedesan -- ch. 10. Origin of myths related to curative, antidotal and other medicinal properties of animal "horns" in the Middle Ages / Chris Lavers -- ch. 11. Animal stones and the Dark Age of bezoars / Marida do Sameiro Barroso -- ch. 12. Fossil sharks' teeth as alexipharmics / Christopher J. Duffin -- ch. 13. Catherine La Voisin : poisons and magic at the royal court of Louis XIV / Benedetta F. Duramy -- ch. 14. A late medieval criminal prosecution for poisoning : the failed murder trial of Margarida de Portu (1396) / Caley McCarthy and Steven Bednarski -- ch. 15. Animal venoms in the Middle Ages / Kathleen Walker-Meikle -- ch. 16. Medical literature on poison, c. 1300-1600 / Frederick Gibbs. 330 $aToxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance provides an authoritative and fascinating exploration into the use of toxins and poisons in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Part of the History of Toxicology and Environmental Health series, this volume is a follow-up, chronologically, to the first two volumes which explored toxicology in antiquity. The book approximately covers the 1100s through the 1600s, delving into different aspects of toxicology, such as the contributions of scientific scholars of the time, sensational poisoners and poisoning cases, as well as myths. Historical figures, such as the Borgias and Catherine de Medici are discussed. Toxicologists, students, medical researchers, and those interested in the history of science will find insightful and relevant material in this volume. 410 0$aHistory of toxicology and environmental health. 606 $aToxicology$xHistory 606 $aMedicine, Medieval 610 $atoxins; poisons; Middle ages; Reanaissance; toxicology 615 0$aToxicology$xHistory. 615 0$aMedicine, Medieval. 676 $a615.9 700 $aWexler$b Philip$4edt$0708295 702 $aWexler$b Philip$f1950- 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910297367503321 996 $aToxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance$93870802 997 $aUNINA