Book club – The Poison Trials by Alisha Rankin

Chemistry World Book Club by Chemistry World

Feb 11, 202116:52Science & Medicine

This month we find out drug testing has come a long way, as we read The Poison Trials: Wonder Drugs, Experiment and the Battle for Authority in Renaissance Science, the latest book from historian of science and medicine...

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