Poisons and the development of Toxicology in the 19th century
- Title
- Poisons and the development of Toxicology in the 19th century
- Description
- A cursory survey of 19th century publications and press testifies to a morbid fascination with poisons and poisonings.
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Type
- Blog
- Date
- 2024
- Subject
- History of Medicine
- Atropa belladonna, commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, is a toxic perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Left image taken from Castle (1845). Right image taken from Traité de médecine légale ..., Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1829). Licence: Public Domain Mark.
