Bitter Nemesis
The Intimate History of Strychnine
Price for Eshop: 1057 Kč (€ 42.3)
VAT 0% included
New
E-book delivered electronically online
E-Book information
Annotation
Encouraged by the medicinal success of quinine, early 19th century scientists hoped strychnine, another plant alkaloid with remarkable properties, might also become a new weapon against disease. Physicians tried for over a century, despite growing evidence to the contrary, to treat everything from paralysis to constipation with it. But strychnine p
Ask question
You can ask us about this book and we'll send an answer to your e-mail.