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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
9 reviews
sonygaystation's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer and Child death
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, and Abortion
mechameowru's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, and Murder
asphodelashes's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Pedophilia and Suicide
rstegema's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Gore, and Medical content
Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, and Mental illness
cnidariar3x's review against another edition
4.5
I've read this twice over two years. Both times were a 4.5 for me.
I learned SO MUCH and really came to appreciate just how forensic medicine was essentially developed by two guys working on a shoestring budget against many odds. There's an appreciation for the medical system that derives from having read this book, but on the same hand, one will learn about all the
The book has several interweaving themes throughout the chapters, and if I have one criticism in the book, it can sometimes feel unfocused.
If one can handle reading about medical content, experimentation, and alcoholism, or are interested in this specific history in general, I can't recommend this book enough.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, and Medical content
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Murder
Minor: Cancer and Abortion
seriousmoonlight's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Suicide, and Medical content
mwashenberger's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Suicide
astropova's review
4.5
Graphic: Death and Medical content
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Child death and Suicide
The animal cruelty and death are not done/described for the purposes of being cruel or evil, but there are several clinical descriptions of experimentation on animals that leads to their deaths.junefish's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Suicide
Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit