Poisons of the past : molds, epidemics, and history / Mary Kilbourne Matossian.
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TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1989.Description: xiv, 190 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0300051212
- Mycotoxicoses -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History
- Food -- Toxicology -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History
- Mycotoxicoses -- Social aspects -- New England -- History
- Food poisoning -- Social aspects -- New England -- History
- Diseases and history -- Europe
- Diseases and history -- New England
- Disease Outbreaks -- History
- Poisoning -- History
- Toxicology -- History
- Food Contamination by mycotoxins, history
- Humans Poisoning History
- Europe
- United States
- RA1242.M94 M38 1989
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-184).
WAR, NEWBERY,
[pt.] 1. Introduction. Food poisoning and history ; A case study : Russia and its neighbors -- [pt.] 2. Contributions to a health history of Europe. A new look in the distant mirror ; Mycotoxins and health in early modern Europe ; Witch persecution in early modern Europe ; The Great Fear of 1789 ; The population explosion of 1750-1850 -- [pt.] 3. Contributions to a health history of colonial New England. The throat distemper ; Ergot and the Salem witchcraft affair ; Great Awakening or great sickening? -- [pt.] 4. Reflections. Social control of mass psychosis ; Plant health and human health.