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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder And The Birth Of Forensic Medicine In Jazz Age New York (2010)

by Deborah Blum(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1594202435 (ISBN13: 9781594202438)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Penguin Press HC, The

review 1: Deborah Blum does a fantastic job in this book, weaving the history (and development) of forensic medicine in New York City with the historical times. She firmly places the science in the historical context. If you like the "pop history" genre, this is definitely a read for you.My one complaint is that the end notes refer back to the text but in the text there are no numbers citing where the endnotes should refer. This is usually the publisher's choice, and in my mind, it's a poor one. I realize that there are a lot of people who don't like to see the little superscript numbers over text, but surely they can find a better way than the method used therein.
review 2: Very interesting review of the development of forensic medicine in the US. I had no idea how... more popular poisoning was before the development of Forensics. I also hadn't realized how many people drank themselves to death during Prohibition with wood alcohol, or with alcohol poisoned by the government in a creepy effort to enforce Prohibition. Though of course it makes total sense as people knowingly slowly poison themselves with all kinds of things- my personal preference for slow poison is Diet Coke. less

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