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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Macinnis, Peter.

Poisons : from Hemlock to botox and the killer bean Calabar / Peter

Macinnis.
p. cm.

Originally published: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61145-014-9 (alk. paper)
1. Poisons--Popular works.
I. Title.

RA1213.M33 2011
615.9--dc22

2011002434

Printed in the United States of America