Poisoning historical perspective

SCHANTZ Historical Perspective on Paralytic Shellfish Poison... [Pg.101]

Dr Coleman in her book has provided an excellent historical perspective of chemical warfare. We see the desire of some to achieve a unique military advantage opposed by others particularly revolted by warfare with poisonous gases. We see the reluctance of some military commanders to use weapons they did not fully understand. Was it the fear of retaliation in kind that prevented chemical warfare in the Second World War or was it the uncertainty of effects both on the user as well as on those attacked that was the most restraining influence ... [Pg.222]

Cutler, H. G., An historical perspective of ancient poisons, in Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture (H. N. Nigg and D. S. Seigler, eds.), 1-13, Plenum, Press, New York, 1992. [Pg.394]

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Hernberg, Sven. 2000. Lead Poisoning in Historical Perspective. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 38 244-254. [Pg.293]

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