| My dentist said, ‘I’ve just given you a lethal injection.’
He explained that the novocaine he’d just injected into my jaw was fatal – or would be if it went into a vein. Where it was, in the muscle, the injection was safe.
In researching this book, I discovered that poisons are used as beauty aids and medicines as well as for murder and war. I read stories of kings and queens who thought each meal might be their last. (Elizabeth I had guards to taste-test her food in case it was poisoned and people to check inside her gloves.) I read about criminals who botched the job, and explorers who ate their dogs. I found out why green dresses were once so dangerous and why we should beware of Botox. It’s true, poisons are everywhere. The good news is that you won’t die of them – at least probably not today . . . |
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