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Poisons of the Past: Molds, Epidemics, and History
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Hardcover
With Stefan Zweig, Will Stone (other contributor) |
from Yale Univ Pr (September 1, 1989)
9780300039498 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $30.00
This edition also contains Nietzsche
This edition also contains Nietzsche
Paperback
Reissue edition from Yale Univ Pr (July 24, 1991)
9780300051216 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behaviour and low fertility and high death rates from the 14th to the 18th centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in bread, the staple food in Europe and America during this period.
About: Argues that epidemics, sporadic outbursts of bizarre behaviour and low fertility and high death rates from the 14th to the 18th centuries may have been caused by food poisoning from microfungi in bread, the staple food in Europe and America during this period.