The arsenic century : how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play / James C. Whorton.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xxi, 412 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: - 9780199605996:
- 0199605998
- Arsenic -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Arsenic -- Side effects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Arsenic -- Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Technology
- History of science
- History of medicine
- History
- European history
- 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
- United Kingdom, Great Britain
- Social & cultural history
- 669.75
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Includes bibliographical references 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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