History of Toxicology and Environmental Health: Toxicology in Antiquity Volume I

Toxicology in Antiquity is the first in a series of short format works covering key accomplishments, scientists, and events in the broad field of toxicology, including environmental health and chemical safety. This first volume sets the tone for the series and starts at the very beginning, historically speaking, with a look at toxicology in ancient times. The book explains that before scientific research methods were developed, toxicology thrived as a very practical discipline. People living in ancient civilizations readily learned to distinguish safe substances from hazardous ones, how to avoid these hazardous substances, and how to use them to inflict harm on enemies. It also describes scholars who compiled compendia of toxic agents. Provides the historical background for understanding modern toxicologyIllustrates the ways ancient civilizations learned to distinguish safe from hazardous substances, how to avoid the hazardous substances and how to use them against enemiesDetails scholars who compiled compendia of toxic agents INDICE: 1. Toxicology in Ancient Egypt2. The Death of Cleopatra: A New Perspective3. Mithradates (He Died Old)4. The Theriac5. Nicander of Colophon: Theriaca and Alexipharmaca6. Alexander the Great: A Questionable Death7. Murder, Execution and Suicide by Poisons in Ancient Greece and Rome8. The Case Against Socrates and His Execution9. The Oracle at Delphi: The Intoxicating Gas Hypothesis10. Pluto's Gate and the Carbon Dioxide Connection11. Lead Poisoning and the Downfall of Rome12. Poisons, Poisoning and Poisoners in Ancient Rome

• ISBN: 978-0-12-800045-8
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 91
• Fecha Publicación: 12/06/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés