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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York [Audiobook]
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York [Audiobook]
English | ASIN: B003954SYC | 2010 | 9 hours and 14 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 254 MB
Author: Deborah Blum
Narrator: Coleen Marlo
In The Poisoner's Handbook, Blum draws from highly original research to track the fascinating, perilous days when a pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. From the vantage of Norris and Gettler's laboratory in the infamous Bellevue Hospital it becomes clear that killers aren't the only toxic threat to New Yorkers. Modern life has created a kind of poison playground, and danger lurks around every corner.
Automobiles choke the city streets with carbon monoxide, while potent compounds such as morphine can be found on store shelves in products ranging from pesticides to cosmetics. Prohibition incites a chemist's war between bootleggers and government chemists, while in Gotham's crowded speakeasies each round of cocktails becomes a game of Russian roulette. Norris and Gettler triumph over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice.