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Poison
Author | : Ben Hubbard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-10-26 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781802796940 |
Poison documents the tales of the users and victims of these mysterious substances. Profiles of the most commonly used toxins of each era reveal how poisoners have harnessed these natural killers to achieve their ends.
Pills, Powders & Potions
Author | : John Townsend |
Publisher | : Heinemann-Raintree Library |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781410925404 |
Read this history of medication and find out how pills, powders, and potions were a part of medical history. Learn why doctors are sometimes called quacks. Find out why snails and brown sugar were important for treating someone with a sore throat. Discover how people in ancient times treated illness. Read these real-life stories and fascinating news reports to learn how medicine has changed throughout the years. Eye-catching photographs help you visualize medical treatment and conditions in this painful history of medicine book.
Pills, Potions and Poisons : How Drugs Work
Author | : Trevor Stone |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 2000-03-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780191587849 |
About half of all the medicines prescribed by doctors are not taken by their patients. One of the reasons most commonly given by patients for not taking drugs is that they feel unhappy about taking medicines which they do not understand and of which they are afraid. This book attempts to rectify this problem by showing in clear, non-technical language how medicines and other drugs work in the body to reduce the effects of disease. Most chapters include fascinating background information on how some of our most important drugs were discovered, along with intriguing and often amusing anecdotes about the drugs and the people behind their discovery. Each chapter also includes a summary of the key points together with illustrations, photographs or diagrams to summarise the main groups and how they work in the body. The book covers all the major groups of drugs, with complete listings of all the drugs available in the UK and the USA, so that the reader can locate his or her specific drug and read about the actions of the drugs in that group. The various chapters cover drugs used to treat high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, ulcers, cancers, infections, impotence, incontinence, arthritis, osteoporosis, as well as hormone replacement therapy, oral contraceptives and drugs used in disorders of the brain such as schizophrenia, depression, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy. There is also a chapter on drugs which are abused such as cannabis, alcohol, nicotine and ecstasy, and a chapter covering some of the poisons we encounter, such as carbon monoxide, arsenic, sheep dip, and the venoms of snakes, spiders, scorpions and marine organisms. Here, then, a fascinating survey of how chemicals have their effects in the body. It shows how drugs work and explains why it is that taking some medicines for many years is far safer than suffering the long-term effects of disease. Pills, Potions and Poisons is an entertaining read that should also help to improve your health and quality of life.
Pills, Powders, Potions and Poisons
Author | : Robert Carter Hayden (Jr) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Medicine |
ISBN | : 9781598304725 |
Pills and Potions
Author | : Mary Atkinson |
Publisher | : Franklin Watts |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2007-09-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780531177679 |
Presents a history of medicine, exploring its roots in traditional natural remedies and how it has developed over time.
Potions, Pills and Poisons
Author | : Jennifer M. Gray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Quacks and quackery |
ISBN | : |
Poisonous Tales
Author | : Hilary Hamnett |
Publisher | : Royal Society of Chemistry |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2023-05-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1839161434 |
Dangerous, dark and difficult to detect, poisons have been a common character in literature from ancient times to the modern day. Their ability to perform deadly deeds at a distance is a common device for creating dramatic tension and playing on our real life fears. But what is fact and what is pure fiction? From Shakespeare and Dickens to Hugo and Poe, the macabre world of literary poisonings is as large as it is fascinating. Utilising real forensic science Poisonous Tales explores the real science inspiring the toxins and tinctures in our favourite works. Could a poison really mimic death in Romeo and Juliet? What is the cause of the mad Hatter's malady in Alice in Wonderland? And could a stone from the stomach of a goat really have been used as an antidote in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? Through these and many more 'cases' we discover the captivating truth in the texts and how real-life tragedies can replicate themselves in fiction.