Alexander Wynter Blyth: 2 books

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS PART I. I. THE OLD POISON-LORE. II. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN METHODS OF CHEMICALLY DETECTING POISONS. PART II. I. DEFINITION OF POISON. II. CLASSIFICATION OF POISONS. III....

t is significant that the root “tox” of the modern word toxicology can be traced back to a very ancient word meaning “bow” or “arrow,” or, in its broadest sense, some “tool” used for slaying: hence it is no far-fetched supposition that the first poison-knowledge was that of the septic...