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Author : Jerome O. Nriagu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Lead and Lead Poisoning in Antiquity written by Jerome O. Nriagu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1983 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sarah E. Royce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Lead Toxicity written by Sarah E. Royce and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : S. Colum Gilfillan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Rome's Ruin by Lead Poison written by S. Colum Gilfillan and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Wexler
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128016345
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)
Download or read book History of Toxicology and Environmental Health written by Philip Wexler and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, Toxicology in Antiquity II, continues to tell the story of the roots of toxicology in ancient times. Readers learn that before scientific research methods were developed, toxicology thrived as a very practical discipline. Toxicologists are particularly proud of the rich and storied history of their field and there are few resources available that cover the discipline from a historical perspective. People living in ancient civilizations readily learned to distinguish safe from hazardous substances, how to avoid these hazardous substances and how to use them to inflict harm on enemies. Volume II explores the use of poison as weapons in war and assassinations, early instances of air pollution, the use of hallucinogens and entheogens, and the role of the snake in ancient toxicology. Provides the historical background for understanding modern toxicology Illustrates the ways ancient civilizations learned to distinguish safe from hazardous substances, how to avoid the hazardous substances and how to use them against enemies Details scholars who compiled compendia of toxic agents
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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128153407
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)
Download or read book Toxicology in Antiquity written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toxicology in Antiquity provides an authoritative and fascinating exploration into the use of toxins and poisons in antiquity. It brings together the two previously published shorter volumes on the topic, as well as adding considerable new information. Part of the History of Toxicology and Environmental Health series, it covers 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. New chapters in this edition focus chiefly on evidence for the use of toxic agents derived from religious texts. Provides the historical background for understanding modern toxicology Illustrates the ways previous civilizations learned to distinguish safe from hazardous substances, how to avoid the hazardous substances and how to use them against enemies Explores the way famous historical figures used toxins New chapters focus on evidence of the use of toxins derived from religious texts
Author : Richard P. Wedeen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780788191725
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (917 download)
Download or read book Poison in the Pot written by Richard P. Wedeen and published by . This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a historical examination of lead poisoning from antiquity through the 20th century and its impact on man's political, social, and medical life. The role of lead as an environmental and social poison reaches far back into the ages, leaving clues for archaeologists, social scientists, and students of art. The chief concern here is with unraveling the effects of lead on the kidneys. Deals with historical as well as contemporary evidence -- fantasy as well as fact. Shows that the adulteration of wine with lead was responsible for much of the mythology surrounding gout. Discusses wine mystiques created by poets and philosophers, preachers and satirists. 57 b&w illustrations.
Author : Lukas Thommen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107002168
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book An Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome written by Lukas Thommen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lively and accessible account of the relationship between man and nature in Graeco-Roman antiquity. Describes the ways in which the Greeks and Romans intervened in the environment and thus traces the history of tension between the exploitation of resources and the protection of nature.
Author : Christian Warren
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801868207
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (682 download)
Download or read book Brush with Death written by Christian Warren and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Arthur Viseltear Award for Outstanding Book in the History of Public Health from the American Public Health AssociationSelected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title During the twentieth century, lead poisoning killed thousands of workers and children in the United States. Thousands who survived lead poisoning were left physically crippled or were robbed of mental faculties and years of life. In Brush with Death, social historian Christian Warren offers the first comprehensive history of lead poisoning in the United States. Focusing on lead paint and leaded gasoline, Warren distinguishes three primary modes of exposure—occupational, pediatric, and environmental. This threefold perspective permits a nuanced exploration of the regulatory mechanisms, medical technologies, and epidemiological tools that arose in response to lead poisoning. Today, many children undergo aggressive "deleading" treatments when their blood-lead levels are well below the average blood-lead levels found in urban children in the 1950s. Warren links the repeated redefinition of lead poisoning to changing attitudes toward health, safety, and risk. The same changes that transformed the social construction of lead poisoning also transformed medicine and health care, giving rise to modern environmentalism and fundamentally altered jurisprudence.
Author : José Hernán Sarasola
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319737457
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Birds of Prey written by José Hernán Sarasola and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-30 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will provide the state-of-the-art on most of the topics involved in the ecology and conservation of birds of prey. With chapters authored by the most recognized and prestigious researchers on each of the fields, this book will become an authorized reference volume for raptor biologists and researchers around the world.
Author : Morton Satin
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615922245
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)
Download or read book Death in the Pot written by Morton Satin and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2009-12-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both a fascinating glimpse into history from a unique angle and an authoritative reference work on food safety, this engrossing narrative offers entertaining and informative reading.
Author : Sofie Remijsen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107050782
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The End of Greek Athletics in Late Antiquity written by Sofie Remijsen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of how and why athletic contests, a characteristic feature of ancient Greek culture, disappeared in late antiquity.
Author : John Parascandola
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597977039
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)
Download or read book King of Poisons written by John Parascandola and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, arsenic's image as a poison has been inextricably tied to images of foul play. In King of Poisons, John Parascandola examines the surprising history of this deadly element. From Gustave Flaubert to Dorothy Sayers, arsenic has long held a place in the literary realm as an instrument of murder and suicide. It was delightfully used as a source of comedy in the famous play Arsenic and Old Lace. But as Parascandola shows, arsenic has had a number of surprising real-world applications. It was frequently found in such common items as wallpaper, paint, cosmetics, and even candy, and its use in medical treatments was widespread. American ambassador Clare Boothe Luce suffered from exposure to arsenical paint in her study, and Napoleon's death has long been speculated to be the result of accidental or intentional poisoning. But arsenic poisoning is still a public menace. In the neighborhood surrounding American University in Washington, D.C., the army has undertaken a massive cleanup of artillery shells and bottles containing chemical warfare agents such as arsenical lewisite after a number of workmen and residents became ill. Arsenic contamination of the water supply in Bangladesh and in West Bengal, India, is a major public health problem today as well. From murder to crime fiction, from industrial toxin to chemical warfare, arsenic remains a powerful force in modern life.
Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691150265
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book The Poison King written by Adrienne Mayor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-27 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new account of one of Rome's most relentless but least understood foes. Claiming Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia as ancestors, Mithradates inherited a wealthy Black Sea kingdom at age fourteen after his mother poisoned his father. He fled into exile and returned in triumph to become a ruler of superb intelligence and fierce ambition. Hailed as a savior by his followers and feared as a second Hannibal by his enemies, he envisioned a grand Eastern empire to rival Rome. After massacring eighty thousand Roman citizens in 88 BC, he seized Greece and modern-day Turkey. Fighting some of the most spectacular battles in ancient history, he dragged Rome into a long round of wars and threatened to invade Italy itself. His uncanny ability to elude capture and surge back after devastating losses unnerved the Romans, while his mastery of poisons allowed him to foil assassination attempts and eliminate rivals.--From publisher description.
Author : Patricia Silvana Carrizo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030728420
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Reverse Engineering of Ancient Metals written by Patricia Silvana Carrizo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines archaeometallurgy and the preservation of ancient materials for cultural heritage. Through understanding the internal structures of relevant ancient materials, their chemical composition, resistance, hardness, etc., their conservation can be more effectively addressed. Preserving cultural artifacts, such as those from border sites, funerary contexts (burials), railway lines, ceremonial sites and road infrastructure, is necessary to provide perspective to a culture’s trajectory. This book addresses how Reverse Engineering can disseminate knowledge of a culture’s heritage by offering technology that can help restore artifacts so they may be displayed and utilized as educational objects.
Author : Daniel Renfrew
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520968247
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Life without Lead written by Daniel Renfrew and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life without Lead examines the social, political, and environmental dimensions of a devastating lead poisoning epidemic. Drawing from a political ecology of health perspective, the book situates the Uruguayan lead contamination crisis in relation to neoliberal reform, globalization, and the resurgence of the political Left in Latin America. The author traces the rise of an environmental social justice movement, and the local and transnational circulation of environmental ideologies and contested science. Through fine-grained ethnographic analysis, this book shows how combating contamination intersected with class politics, explores the relationship of lead poisoning to poverty, and debates the best way to identify and manage an unprecedented local environmental health problem.
Author : CURTIS. WATKINS KLAASSEN (JOHN.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781259255359
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (553 download)
Download or read book Casarett & Doull's Essentials of Toxicology written by CURTIS. WATKINS KLAASSEN (JOHN.) and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Stephenson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674659627
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (746 download)
Download or read book New Rome written by Paul Stephenson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part 1. Life in the later Roman world: Life at the end of the 'Lead Age' -- Family and faith -- An empire of cities -- Culture, communications, commerce -- Constantinople, the new Rome -- Part 2. Power and politics: The Theodosian Age, AD 395-451 -- Soldiers and civilians, AD 451-527 -- The Age of Justinian, AD 527-602 -- The Heraclians, AD 602-c. 700 -- Part 3: The end of antiquity: The end of ancient civilisation -- Apocalypse and the end of antiquity -- Emperors of New Rome.
