Overview
Drugs, Poisons, and Chemistry touches on all aspects of forensic chemistry, including how it developed and what it includes today. This useful new book covers a short history of forensic chemistry, detailing the story of arsenic and those who developed effective tests to detect it. Delving into the tools and techniques used by forensic chemists - ranging from such familiar tools as the microscope to slightly more obscure tools as the use of antibodies to detect toxins - this comprehensive resource provides a thorough examination of these three main areas of forensic chemistry.