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01789aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 E4651CEC370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 180306s2018 njua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2017952293 020 $a 0691178763 020 $a 9780691178769 035 $a (OCoLC)1027707097 040 $a PNX $b eng $e rda $c PNX $d TJC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IMT $d BDX $d JBL $d SILO 050 14 $a QK100.A1 $b D38 2018 060 4 $a WD 500 082 04 $a 581.6/59 $2 23 100 1 $a Dauncey, Elizabeth A., $e author. 245 10 $a Plants that kill : $b a natural history of the world's most poisonous plants / $c Elizabeth A. Dauncey and Sonny Larsson. 264 1 $a Princeton : $b Princeton University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 224 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 29 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (page 219) and index. 505 0 $a Why some plants are toxic -- Targets in the body -- Matters of the heart -- Breaking the brain -- More than a weakness of the knees -- Starting as an irritation -- Guts without the glory -- Organ failure -- Cell poisons -- Turning foes into friends. 520 $a This richly illustrated book provides an in-depth natural history of the most poisonous plants on earth, covering everything from the lethal effects of hemlock and deadly nightshade to the uses of such plants in medicine, ritual, chemical warfare. 650 0 $a Poisonous plants. 650 0 $a Poisonous plants $x History. 650 2 $a Plants, Toxic. 700 1 $a Larsson, Sonny, $e author. 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220602022333.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211025218.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20190514013552.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E4651CEC370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search