The arsenic century : how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play - Whorton, James C., 1942- (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010)
'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'.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-403) and index
Keywords: Arsenic -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Arsenic -- Side effects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Arsenic -- Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Arsenic -- toxicity; Arsenic Poisoning -- history -- Great Britain; History, 19th Century -- Great Britain