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  • The Neurotic Turn

    by Charles Johns ...
    Taking their cue from the work of Charles Johns, who has argued that, far from being an ailment, neurosis is in fact the dominant condition of our society today, an array of thinkers have gathered in The Neurotic Turn to address the question: what can ‘neurosis’ tell us about our current social impasse?What emerges in The Neurotic Turn is the awareness that the medicalization of neurosis was ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Poison Mysteries in History: Romance and Crime

    by Charles John Samuel Thompson ...
    Poisons, those silent weapons capable of destroying life mysteriously, secretly and without violence, have ever had a peculiar fascination for mankind. They have played so large a part in history at various periods, in romance as well as in crime, that the subject is one which claims the attention of every student of human nature. A poison may be generally described as any substance which, in a ... Read more

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  • Bucking the Sagebrush; or, The Oregon Trail in the Seventies (1904)

    by Charles John Steedman ...
    "Steedman...drove 1200 head of cattle from Portland...across Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming to Laramie, encountering deserts, mountain, alkali, plain and Indians." -Des Moines Register, Jan. 15, 1905"Steedman has told a fascinating story...ways of cowboys, of trails, of horses, of cattle, and of Indians...exceptional vividness...absorbing." -The Critic, 1905"Steedman...presents the practical side of a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy (Illustrated)

    by Charles John Samuel Thompson ...
    It has been my endeavour in the following pages to sketch, however imperfectly, some phases of the romance and mystery that have surrounded the arts of medicine, alchemy, and pharmacy from the earliest period of which we have record down to the close of the eighteenth century. The influence of the past on the present is greater than we commonly suppose. In this age of rapid scientific progress and ... Read more

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  • Bucking the Sagebrush; or, The Oregon Trail in the Seventies

    by Charles John Steedman ...
    "Steedman...drove 1200 head of cattle from Portland...across Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming to Laramie, encountering deserts, mountain, alkali, plain and Indians." -Des Moines Register, Jan. 15, 1905"Steedman has told a fascinating story...ways of cowboys, of trails, of horses, of cattle, and of Indians...exceptional vividness...absorbing." -The Critic, 1905"Steedman...presents the practical side of a ... Read more

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  • The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy

    by Charles John Samuel Thompson ...
    It has been my endeavour in the following pages to sketch, however imperfectly, some phases of the romance and mystery that have surrounded the arts of medicine, alchemy, and pharmacy from the earliest period of which we have record down to the close of the eighteenth century. The influence of the past on the present is greater than we commonly suppose. In this age of rapid scientific progress and ... Read more

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  • Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries

    by Charles John Samuel Thompson ...
    The bushmen of the South African district "Kalahari," use the juice of the leaf beetle "diamphidia" and its larva for poisoning their arrow-heads. Lewin, who calls the beetle Diamphidia simplex, found in its body, besides inert fatty acids, a toxalbumin which causes paralysis, and finally death. According to Boehm, the poison from the larva also belongs to the toxalbumins, and Starke states, that ... Read more

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  • The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy

    by Charles John Samuel Thompson ...
    It has been my endeavour in the following pages to sketch, however imperfectly, some phases of the romance and mystery that have surrounded the arts of medicine, alchemy, and pharmacy from the earliest period of which we have record down to the close of the eighteenth century. The influence of the past on the present is greater than we commonly suppose. In this age of rapid scientific progress and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy

    by Charles John Samuel Thompson ...
    Dr. v. Oefele states of pharmacy before the time of Hippocrates, that although the practice of medicine was not separated from pharmacy among the Greeks and Romans, there was such a separation among the ancient Egyptians, from whom the distinction was handed down to the Copts, and by them to the Arabians; and, in fact, that the term pharmacist is probably of Egyptian origin, being derived from Ph ... Read more

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  • The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy

    by Charles John Samuel Thompson ...
    The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy by Charles John Samuel Thompson is a captivating exploration into the enigmatic worlds of alchemy and pharmacy, tracing their intertwined histories from ancient times through the dawn of modern science. This richly detailed work delves into the origins, philosophies, and practices of alchemists, revealing their quest for the Philosopher’s Stone, the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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    Poison Romance And Poison Mysteries (Unabridged)

    by CHARLES JOHN SAMUEL THOMPSON ...
    Narrated by Rose Hughes ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 4 min

    A writer and physician, Charles John Samuel Thompson wrote several works on poisons which are still consulted today. He is especially informative on early historical poisons. This book discusses many cases of poisoning, famous and not so, as well as various topics on poisons and poisoning. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A History of Castles of Herefordshire and Their Lords

    by Charles John Robinson ...
    Forty-Two castles (or their ruins) are described in detail and their storied histories outlined."The Western Borderland is perhaps as rich in monuments of the past as the Northern, and abounds in spots about which we may say with truth,We never tread upon them but we setOur feet upon some reverend history.But the memorials are hard to decipher, and certainly the traditions live no longer upon the ... Read more

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