RT Book
T1 The poisoner's handbook: murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York
A1 Blum, Deborah 1954-
LA English
PP New York u.a.
PB Penguin Press
YR 2010
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/608864471
AB The untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. A pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler investigate a family mysteriously stricken bald, factory workers with crumbling bones, a diner serving poisoned pies, and many others. Each case presents a deadly new puzzle and Norris and Gettler create revolutionary experiments to tease out even the wiliest compounds from human tissue. From the vantage of their laboratory it also becomes clear that murderers aren't the only toxic threat--modern life has created a kind of poison playground, and danger lurks around every corner
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV6555.U62
SN 9781594202438
SN 1594202435
K1 Poisoning : New York (State) : History
K1 Forensic toxicology : New York (State) : History
K1 Forensic sciences : New York (State) : History
K1 New York, NY : Giftmord : Gerichtliche Toxikologie : Geschichte  1900-1936