History of Toxicology and Environmental Health : Toxicology in Antiquity II

✍ Scribed by Philip Wexler

• Publisher: Elsevier Science, Academic Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 145
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume, Toxicology in Antiquity II, continues to tell the story of the roots of toxicology in ancient times. Readers learn that before scientific research methods were developed, toxicology thrived as a very practical discipline. Toxicologists are particularly proud of the rich and storied history of their field and there are few resources available that cover the discipline from a historical perspective. People living in ancient civilizations readily learned to distinguish safe from hazardous substances, how to avoid these hazardous substances and how to use them to inflict harm on enemies. Volume II explores the use of poison as weapons in war and assassinations, early instances of air pollution, the use of hallucinogens and entheogens, and the role of the snake in ancient toxicology.

• Provides the historical background for understanding modern toxicology
• Illustrates the ways ancient civilizations learned to distinguish safe from hazardous substances, how to avoid the hazardous substances and how to use them against enemies
• Details scholars who compiled compendia of toxic agents

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front-matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Toxicology in Antiquity, Page v
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Foreword, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface to the Series and Volumes 1 and 2, Pages xv-xvi
Chapter 1 - Murder, Execution, and Suicide in Ancient Greece and Rome, Pages 1-8
Chapter 2 - Chemical and Biological Warfare in Antiquity, Pages 9-20
Chapter 3 - Anthropogenic Air Pollution in Ancient Times, Pages 21-41
Chapter 4 - Poisoning in Ancient Rome: The Legal Framework, The Nature of Poisons, and Gender Stereotypes, Pages 42-51
Chapter 5 - Asclepius and the Snake as Toxicological Symbols in Ancient Greece and Rome, Pages 52-59
Chapter 6 - Drugs, Suppositories, and Cult Worship in Antiquity, Pages 60-67
Chapter 7 - Kohl Use in Antiquity: Effects on the Eye, Pages 68-78
Chapter 8 - “Gleaming and Deadly White”: Toxic Cosmetics in the Roman World, Pages 79-88
Chapter 9 - Poisonous Medicine in Ancient China, Pages 89-97
Chapter 10 - The Venomous Virgin: Fact or Fantasy?, Pages 98-103
Chapter 11 - Mushroom Intoxication in Mesoamerica, Pages 104-115
Chapter 12 - Entheogens in Ancient Times: Wine and the Rituals of Dionysus, Pages 116-125
Chapter 13 - Entheogens (Psychedelic Drugs) and the Ancient Mystery Religions, Pages 126-135

✦ Subjects

Культурология;История культуры;История античной культуры;