Poisons of the Past: Molds, Epidemics, and History

Description

Author: Matossian, Mary Kilbourne  (1930-2023)

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: 1989 (Fourth printing)

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, folds.  Lower front cover corner has an approx. 1″ bend, extends diminishing through the first 25 pages or so. (Dropped).  Smudging to bottom text block.   Light edge wear.

Notes: Matossian’s theory is that food poisoning (caused by molds) was an underlying cause of some events throughout history (the Black Death, the Salem witch trials, the Irish potato famine).  From the library of the late environmentalist Dave Foreman.