Poisons of the Past: Molds, Epidemics, and History

by Mary Kilbourne Matossian and Professor Mary Kilbourne Matossian

Book Overview

Argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behaviour and low fertility and high death rates from the 14th to the 18th centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300039492
• ISBN13: 9780300039498
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Raw terror!

Yuk! This book is a serious look at a seldon know subject: poisons in the days gone by. Raw terror! I'm fascinated by it... You'll be, too!