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Handbook of Forensic Toxicology for Medical Examiners D. K. Molina
Publisher: CRC Press

Deborah Blum, an expert on poisons who wrote about the detectives who pioneered forensic toxicology in "The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York," said the once-popular homicidal poison essentially results in "this explosion of cell death." AP file. This dramatic change was effected primarily through the efforts of two men: chief medical examiner Charles Norris and forensic toxicologist (and brilliant chemist) Alexander Gettler. One of the essential works for forensics is the FBI's Handbook of Forensic Services, the text of which can be found online at the FBI website (http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/handbook/intro.htm). Deborah Blum's *The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York*, reviewed & recommended. Divided into chapters on early 1900 poisons, it roughly covers the birth of forensic medicine in New York City under one of the more motivated chief examiners, Charles Norris, and a talented chemist Alexander Gettler. For a host of fascinating facts about poisons and the tale of how one toxicology laboratory in New York City in the early 20th century revolutionized the field of forensic medicine, pick up a copy of “The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Bowing to political pressure from the state's governor, New York City Mayor John Hylan appointed a young, enthusiastic doctor named Charles Norris to the position of chief medical examiner. Foremost among these was Alexander Gettler, a close-mouthed man who loved to sneak away periodically to call his bookie about horse races, but also the greatest forensic toxicologist in America. She starts with chloroform (CHCl3) and a serial killer, and throughout the book, tells the story of chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler and their pioneering work in forensic medicine. Of early American forensic medicine. The problem was especially acute in New York, where the position of Chief Medical Examiner was routinely handed out as part of the spoils system to whomever had been a loyal party hack. More in-depth toxicology tests, blood analysis and new screening results revealed a lethal level of cyanide in Khan's blood, according to the medical examiner's report. Handbook of Forensic Toxicology for Medical Examiners.