Alisha Rankin, The Poison Trials: Wonder Drugs, Experiment, and the Battle for Authority in Renaissance Science (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021), pp. 312, $35, paperback, ISBN: 9780226744858.
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Alisha Rankin, The Poison Trials: Wonder Drugs, Experiment, and the Battle for Authority in Renaissance Science (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021), pp. 312, $35, paperback, ISBN: 9780226744858. - Volume 66 Issue 2
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical History
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2048-8343', '0025-7273']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2022.10