Historical Toxicology (OLD TIMEY POISONS) with Deborah Blum
The study of OLD TIMEY POISONS
Episode Info
- Guest: Deborah Blum
- Date: Oct 29
- Topics: History
- Listen: Original Episode
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About This Episode
Metal poisons. Odorless ones. Toxic plants. Iocane powder, arsenic, old lace, poisons as self-defense, black mirrors, Aqua Tofanas, movie myths, and the start of testing for that which ails or kills you: we’ve got Historical Toxicology with Pulitzer Prize-winning science author & chemistry connoisseur Deborah Blum. She wrote the beloved “Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York” and takes us through a spooky walk in time, when chemistry was magic and homicide was an easier feat.