Bitter nemesis : the intimate history of strychnine / John Buckingham.

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 p...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Buckingham, J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, ©2008.
Subjects:	Strychnine > History. Strychnine. History.