Bitter nemesis the intimate history of strychnine presents a scholarly and compelling history of this fascinating chemical substance from its discovery to present times a renowned editor for the dictionary of natural products dr john buckingham fuses his eclectic interests into an extraordinary mix of original research spanning the realms of history medicine literature chemistry and forensics. Bitter nemesis the intimate history of strychnine amazonde john buckingham fremdsprachige bucher. Bitter nemesis the intimate history of strychnine english edition ebook buckingham john amazonde kindle shop wahlen sie ihre cookie einstellungen wir verwenden cookies und ahnliche tools um ihr einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern um unsere dienste anzubieten um zu verstehen wie die kunden unsere dienste nutzen damit wir verbesserungen vornehmen konnen und um werbung anzuzeigen. Bitter nemesis is a medical and legal history of strychnine beginning with its origins in india and tracing it through fairly modern times there was remarkable as it may seem now a time when strychnine was viewed as a miracle drug given on a regular basis as a tonic for women and children given the truly awful nature of a death from strychnine poisoning it is difficult to understand why it fared so differently in the public perception than arsenic for instance