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The arsenic century : how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whorton, James C., 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
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.
Table of Contents:
  • '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'.