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by C J Poison, R N Tattersall, ed 2; 655 pp, London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd (Philadelphia, JB Lippincott Co), 1969.

Joseph R. DiPalma, MD, Reviewer
Hahnemann Medical College Philadelphia

JAMA. 1970;211(10):1702.

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A toxicology text is difficult to write because the subject is encyclopedic in nature and does not lend itself to codification. This one stresses what might be called domestic toxicology—those poisons which are encountered in the home, in the practice of medicine, and in the average coroner's office. Subjects of great societal importance today such as air pollutants and food additives are not discussed. A partial list of subject matter includes corrosive acids, caustics, cyanides, heavy metals, phosphorus compounds, toxic gases, halogenated hydrocarbons, petroleum products, and numerous plant alkaloids.

As a British text it has a characteristic style of clean forthright exposition rare in American texts. The print is small but readable. It has the added feature of giving illustrative case reports at the end of each chapter. These are useful to the physician, the forensic expert, and to the legal profession. The book rates among the best which attempt . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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