Whorton, James C.,  1942- <br/><br/>
The arsenic century :  how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play / 
James C. Whorton 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2010 
 - xxi, 412 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-403) and index 
<br/><br/>'Such an instrument of death and agony' --'A new race of poisoners' -- A new breed of detectives --'The chief terror of poisoners' -- A penn'orth of poison --'Sugared death' --'The hue of death, the tint of the grave' -- Walls of death -- Physician-assisted poisoning --'A very wholesome poison' -- Poison in the factory and on the farm --'Dangers that lie wait in the pint-pot'. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199574704 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 0199574707 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arsenic--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century<br/>Arsenic--Side effects--History--Great Britain--19th century<br/>Arsenic--Toxicology--History--Great Britain--19th century<br/>Arsenic--toxicity<br/>Arsenic Poisoning--history--Great Britain<br/>History, 19th Century--Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>QV 290  / W628a 2010