The arsenic century : how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play /
Whorton, James C., 1942-
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.
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'.
9780199574704 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 0199574707
Arsenic--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century
Arsenic--Side effects--History--Great Britain--19th century
Arsenic--Toxicology--History--Great Britain--19th century
Arsenic--toxicity
Arsenic Poisoning--history--Great Britain
History, 19th Century--Great Britain.
QV 290 / W628a 2010
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.
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'.
9780199574704 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 0199574707
Arsenic--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century
Arsenic--Side effects--History--Great Britain--19th century
Arsenic--Toxicology--History--Great Britain--19th century
Arsenic--toxicity
Arsenic Poisoning--history--Great Britain
History, 19th Century--Great Britain.
QV 290 / W628a 2010