Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance 1st Edition by Philip Wexler ISBN 978-0128095546 0128095547
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ISBN 10: 0128095547
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Author: Philip Wexler
Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance provides an authoritative and fascinating exploration into the use of toxins and poisons in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Part of the History of Toxicology and Environmental Health series, this volume is a follow-up, chronologically, to the first two volumes which explored toxicology in antiquity.
The book approximately covers the 1100s through the 1600s, delving into different aspects of toxicology, such as the contributions of scientific scholars of the time, sensational poisoners and poisoning cases, as well as myths. Historical figures, such as the Borgias and Catherine de Medici are discussed. Toxicologists, students, medical researchers, and those interested in the history of science will find insightful and relevant material in this volume.
Provides the historical background for understanding modern toxicology
Illustrates the ways previous civilizations learned to distinguish safe from hazardous substances, how to avoid them, and how to use them against enemies
Explores the way famous historical figures used toxins
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 Poison and Its Dose: Paracelsus on Toxicology.
Urs Leo Gantenbein
1.1 The Four Pillars of Medicine..
1.2 Poison and the Alchemist in the Stomach
1.3 Noxious Mineral Vapors and the Miner’s Disease.
1.4 The Dose Makes the Poison
References.
Chapter 2 The Golden Age of Medieval Islamic Toxicology
Mozhgan M. Ardestani, Roja Rahimi, Mohammad
M. Esfahani, Omar Habbal and Mohammad Abdollahi
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Prominent Toxicologists in Medieval Islamic Era
2.3 Toxicologists after 1500 AD.
2.4 Discussion…
Acknowledgment
References.
Chapter 3 Maimonides’ Book on Poisons and the Protection Against Lethal Drugs.
Gabriele Ferrario
3.1 Maimonides
3.2 Maimonides Medical Works and Medical Practice
3.3 The Treatise on Poisons and the Protection Against
Lethal Drugs..
3.4 Structure and Contents of On Poisons.
3.5 The Hebrew Translations and Their Circulation
3.6 The Latin Translations and Their Circulation…
References..
Chapter 4 Pietro d’Abano, De venenis: Reintroducing Greek Toxicology into Late Medieval Medicine.
Alain Touwaide
Further Readings.
Chapter 5 The Case Against the Borgias: Motive, Opportunity, and Means
Cathy Cobb
5.1 Introduction..
5.2 Accusations.
5.3 Motive ..
5.4 Opportunity
5.5 Means..
References.
Chapter 6 Aqua Tofana..
Mike Dash
6.1 History.
6.2 Symptoms
6.3 Poisons and the Criminal Magical Underworld
6.4 The Slow Poisons…
References.
Chapter 7 Poisons and the Prince: Toxicology and Statecraft at the Medici Grand Ducal Court
Sheila Barker
7.1 Poisons in 16th-Century Society
7.2 Knowledge of Poisons at the Medici Court.
7.3 Medici Antidotes
7.4 Testing Poisons..
7.5 Resources.
References.
Chapter 8 Georgius Agricola, a Pioneer in the Toxic Hazards of Mining, and His Influence
Sverre Langård
8.1 Education and Early Life
8.2 Of the King Metallica…
8.3 Diseases in Miners and Their Prevention
8.4 Bergsucht and Its Causes
8.5 A Third Wave of Mining in the 20th Century.
Conflict of Interest.
References.
Chapter 9 Jan Baptist Van Helmont and the Medical-Alchemical
Perspectives of Poison
Georgiana D. Hedesan
9.1 Van Helmont’s Paracelsian Legacy on Poisons.
9.2 Universal Poison in a Christian Perspective
9.3 Van Helmont’s Criticism of Galenic Purgatives
9.4 The Alchemical Solution
9.5 Conclusions
References.
Chapter 10 Origin of Myths Related to Curative, Antidotal and Other Medicinal Properties of Animal “Horns” in the Middle Ages.
Chris Lavers
10.1 A Brief History of Alicorn.
10.2 Origins
10.3 Unicorns of the Arab World.
10.4 Ear
10.5 The Walrus and the Narwhal
10.6 The Woolly Rhinoceros and Mammoth
10.7 Bone from the Forehead of a Bull
10.8 Conclusion..
Disclaimer
.References.
Chapter 11 Animal Stones and the Dark Age of Bezoars.
Maria do Sameiro Barroso
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Bezoars: Philological, Conceptual, and Symbolic Framework..
11.3 Bezoars and Their Glory
11.4 Bezoars in the Mist of History.
11.5 Conclusion
Acknowledgments.
References.
Chapter 12 Fossil Sharks’ Teeth as Alexipharmics
Christopher J. Duffin
12.1 Fossil Sharks’ Teeth or Glossopetrae.
12.2 Tableware
12.3 Provenance of the Teeth
12.4 Goa Pencil
References.
Chapter 13 Catherine La Voisin: Poisons and Magic at the Royal Court of Louis XIV
Blessed F. Duramy
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Catherine La Voisin.
References.
Chapter 14 A Late Medieval Criminal Prosecution for Poisoning: The Failed Murder Trial of Margarida de Portu (1396).
Caley McCarthy and Steven Bednarski
References.
Chapter 15 Animal Venoms in the Middle Ages..
Kathleen Walker-Meikle
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Venomous Snakes.
15.3 Scorpions, Spiders, and Other “Venomous” Animals.
References.
Chapter 16 Medical Literature on Poison, c. 1300-1600
Frederick Gibbs
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