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The poisoner's handbook : killer chemistry.

2014

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	The poisoner's handbook : killer chemistry.
Publisher, Date:	[Boston, Mass.] : PBS Distribution, 2014.
Description:	1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. digital optical video file DVD video
Summary:	In the early twentieth century, the average American medicine cabinet was a would-be poisoner's treasure chest. There was radioactive radium in health tonics, thallium in depilatory creams, and morphine in teething medicine and potassium cyanide in cleaning supplies. While the tools of the murderer's trade multiplied as the pace of industrial innovation increased, the scientific knowledge (and the political will) to detect and prevent the crimes lagged behind.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: TVPG.
Subjects:	Chemistry, Forensic -- History. Toxicology. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary films. Historical films.
Other Author:	Rapley, Rob. Ferrari, Michelle. Apograph Productions. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Other Title:	American experience (Television program)
Notes:	Title from container. An Apograph Productions film for American Experience ; produced and directed by Rob Rapley ; edited by Don Kleszy ; cinematography by Tim Cragg ; story by Michelle Ferrari ; music by Nathan Halpern ; American Experience is a production of WGBH Boston. Narrated by Oliver Platt. DVD, widescreen, NTSC, region 1, 5.1 surround. English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
ISBN:	9781608830381 1608830381
Publisher Number:	POIH601
Other Number:	865479253
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	397818
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD 614.12 Poisoner

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