Poison Notes

☠️ An ulterior criminal fantasy, an eye-opening encyclopedia of poison and murder, greed, lust, faith, and conspiracy...
The Oriental genius Ryuhiko Shibusawa writes about the dark side of civilization in the name of poison☠️ Editor's recommendation◎ A small book on "Toxicology" that sees the big picture from the small details. This book discusses the classification of poisons and changes in classification methods, the causes of poisoning incidents, the invention and development of antidotes, various methods of poisoning... Thirteen articles, with time as the warp and "poison" as the weft, weave a small but complex tapestry of cultural history.
◎ The history of civilization in which science and witchcraft wrestle, from the marvelous phenomena recorded in ancient natural history works and herbal books to the experiments and debates in modern chemistry, biology, and medicine, the author uses the development of poisons as an aspect of human history, projecting the retreat of "God" and the rise of "man".
◎ Absurd and bizarre poisoning cases: the power struggle in ancient Rome, the palace secrets of the Valois dynasty, the century-old unsolved cases that poisonologists have been arguing about, the confusing newspaper headlines... It details the representative poisoning cases from ancient times to the present, leading readers into the mist of history and exploring the psychological motivations of poisoning and murder.
◎ The dark sources of inspiration for literary works, from Homer's epics to modern detective novels, comb through examples of poisoning in literary works, and get a glimpse of the phantom of poison in the works of Shakespeare, Sade, Balzac, and Dumas.
☠️ Content Introduction: "Poison Notebook" is a collection of essays on the history of Western culture, focusing on the theme of poisons. The book focuses on the evolution of poisons and historical poisonings, primarily in Europe. The book explores ancient witchcraft, the secrets of political change from ancient Rome to the Middle Ages, an analysis of the gender, occupation, and psychological characteristics of poisoners, the historical origins of poisoning scenes in literary classics, the influence of medical anatomy on court decisions, and the promotion and opposition of modern biochemistry to detoxification.

☠️ Celebrity recommendation: What a boring country Japan would be without Ryuhiko Shibusawa.
——Yukio Mishima and Tatsuhiko Shibusawa are still regarded as heretical writers today, but his literary works are based on astonishing erudition, like bright and strong light that penetrates the incredible depths of the human heart. This is the true way of literature.
— Yutaka Haniya, author of "Necromancer"

2021-06-01

九州出版社

Houlang, Houlang Literature

216

9787510898860