Death in the pot : the impact of food poisoning on history / Morton Satin.
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Satin, Morton. (författare)
- ISBN 9781591025146
- Publicerad: Amherst, N.Y. Prometheus Books, 2007
- Engelska 258 p.
Innehållsförteckning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- What evidence is there of foodborne diseases in antiquity? -- Bones and bones -- Evidence in teeth -- Coprolites -- Mummies -- Bog bodies -- The analysis of evidence -- The mass of evidence from historical accounts -- pt. 1. The ancient world -- ch. 1. The Hebrews and Egyptians (4000 B.C.E.-100 C.E.) -- Prehistory -- Revolution through evolution -- Ancient Egypt -- The Biblical record -- Event 1 : A tale of quail -- Event 2 : My asclepius is dragon -- ch. 2. The Greeks and Romans (1200 B.C.E.-500 C.E.) -- Event 3 : The gory that was Greece -- Event 4 : Beware of Greeks bearing honey -- Event 5 : Get the lead out -- Event 6 : When in doubt, assume the gout -- pt. 2. The Middle Ages -- ch. 3. The Middle Ages (500-1500 C.E.) -- Event 7 : There's fungus among us -- Event 8 : St. Anthony's fire -- pt. 3. Early modern -- ch. 4. The Renaissance and the Enlightenment (1300-1750 C.E.) -- Event 9 : In witch mold was Salem cast? -- Event 10 : What bugged little Louis.
- pt. 4. The modern era -- ch. 5. The Industrial Revolution (1750-1900 C.E.) -- Event 11 : Voyage of the damned -- from cans to cannibals! -- Event 12 : The staff of life or death? Hong Kong's esing bakery -- ch. 6. Modern times (1900 C.E.-present day) -- Sinclair's Jungle and the wiley FDA -- Event 13 : Typhoid Mary, quite contrary -- Event 14 : Ginger ails -- Event 15 : Mercury, the Mercury, the messenger of frauds -- Event 16 : The drain in Spain -- Event 17 : In vino veritox -- Event 18 : Fugu fish -- bonzai or zombie? -- Event 19 : The quick and the dead -- Event 20 : Bioterrorism and the food supply -- Event 21 : The politics of poison -- Epilogue -- Index.
Ämnesord
- Diseases and history. (LCSH)
- Food poisoning -- History. (LCSH)
- Food contamination -- History. (LCSH)
- Food Contamination. (MeSH)
- Foodborne Diseases -- history. (MeSH)
- Lebensmittelvergiftung. (swd)
- Matförgiftning -- historia (sao)
- Mat -- historia (sao)
- Livsmedel -- historia (sao)
- Geschichte Anfänge-2005 (swd)
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- Vebg Förgiftningssjukdomar
Klassifikation
- 615.9 (DDC)
- Vebg (kssb/8)
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