Яды: великолепная история человечества

Uvlekatelʹnai͡a smesʹ nauki, istorii medit͡siny i nastoi͡ashchikh prestupleniĭ. Doktor Nil Brėdberi issleduet i͡ady i ikh vozdeĭstvie na li͡udeĭ na kletochnom urovne. Vas zhdut realʹnye istorii o i͡adakh: o tom, kak oni prokhodi͡at cherez chelovecheskoe telo i chto s ėtim telom proiskhodit.Istorii͡a i͡adov neotdelima ot istorii chelovechestva. Kovarnye, smertonosnye, patologicheski priti͡agatelʹnye i͡ady soprovozhdali nas s nezapami͡atnykh vremen, stanovi͡asʹ orudiem mesti, sputnikami li͡ubovnykh peripetiĭ i zagadochnykh smerteĭ. I͡Ady svergali monarkhii i vershili sudʹby, otrazhalisʹ v iskusstve i stoletii͡ami otnosilisʹ k taĭnym znanii͡am. Prirodnye i rukotvornye, medlennye i nesushchie stremitelʹnui͡u smertʹ, zametnye i te, kotorye slozhno obnaruzhitʹ. Kazhdoe otravli͡ai͡ushchee veshchestvo v ėtoĭ knige avtor rassmatrivaet skvozʹ prizmu istorii i sovershennykh prestupleniĭ.Vy uznaete:- kak li͡ubovʹ k myshʹi͡aku prinesla pechalʹnui͡u izvestnostʹ Bordzhia - vlii͡atelʹnomu semeĭstvu ėpokhi Vozrozhdenii͡a;- kak v viktorianskom Londone vmesto Dzheka Potroshiteli͡a na okhotu vyshel Lambetskiĭ otravitelʹ;- kak vpervye v amerikanskoĭ istorii obvinenie opiralosʹ na sudebno-medit͡sinskui͡u ėkspertizu.Ot avtora:Ėta kniga otni͡udʹ ne katalog otraviteleĭ i ikh zhertv. Skoree, ona posvi͡ashchena prirode i͡adov i mekhanizmu ikh vozdeĭstvii͡a na chelovecheskiĭ organizm na molekuli͡arnom, kletochnom i fiziologicheskom urovni͡akh. I͡Ady ubivai͡ut po-raznomu: u kazhdogo iz nikh svoi͡a, tolʹko emu prisushchai͡a skhema. Simptomy otravlenii͡a tozhe raznye - zachastui͡u imenno oni pozvoli͡ai͡ut poni͡atʹ, kakoĭ konkretno i͡ad byl ispolʹzovan. Inogda ėta informat͡sii͡a stanovitsi͡a kli͡uchom k pravilʹnomu lechenii͡u, i postradavshiĭ chelovek polnostʹi͡u vyzdoravlivaet, no v nekotorykh sluchai͡akh osvedomlennostʹ o tom, kakoĭ i͡ad primenil prestupnik, ne daet nikakikh preimushchestv, poskolʹku protivoi͡adii͡a prosto ne sushchestvuet.Khimicheskoe veshchestvo, nakhodi͡ashcheesi͡a vo flakone, ne mozhet nikomu prichinitʹ vreda. Kak zhe ono stanovitsi͡a prichinoĭ smerti cheloveka?Dli͡a kogo ėta kniga:Ėta kniga dli͡a tekh, kto li͡ubit nauchno-populi͡arnui͡u literaturu i interesuetsi͡a fiziologieĭ, istorieĭ i kriminalistikoĭ.

A fascinating mix of science, medical history and true crimes. Dr. Neil Bradbury studies poisons and their effects on humans at the cellular level. You are waiting for real stories about poisons: about how they pass through the human body and what happens to this body.The history of poisons is inseparable from the history of mankind. Insidious, deadly, pathologically attractive poisons have accompanied us since time immemorial, becoming an instrument of revenge, companions of love vicissitudes and mysterious deaths. Poisons overthrew monarchies and decided destinies, were reflected in art and have been treated as secret knowledge for centuries. Natural and man-made, slow and bearing rapid death, noticeable and those that are difficult to detect. The author examines each toxic substance in this book through the prism of history and crimes committed.You will find out:— how the love of arsenic brought infamous Borgia — an influential family of the Renaissance;— how in Victorian London, instead of Jack the Ripper, the Lambeth poisoner went on the hunt;— as for the first time in American history, the prosecution relied on a forensic medical examination.From the author:This book is by no means a catalog of poisoners and their victims. Rather, it is devoted to the nature of poisons and the mechanism of their effect on the human body at the molecular, cellular and physiological levels. Poisons kill in different ways: each of them has its own, only its own inherent scheme. The symptoms of poisoning are also different — often they allow you to understand which specific poison was used. Sometimes this information becomes the key to proper treatment, and the injured person fully recovers, but in some cases, awareness of what poison the perpetrator used does not give any advantages, since there is simply no antidote.The chemical substance in the bottle cannot harm anyone. How does it become the cause of a person's death?Who is this book for:This book is for those who love popular science literature and are interested in physiology, history and criminology.