The arsenic century : how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play / James C. Whorton
Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xxi, 412 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780199574704 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- 0199574707
- 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
- QV 290
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-403) and index
'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'.
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