TY - BOOK AU - Whorton,James C. TI - The arsenic century: how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play SN - 9780199574704 (hbk. : acid-free paper) PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Arsenic KW - Social aspects KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Side effects KW - Toxicology KW - toxicity KW - Arsenic Poisoning KW - history KW - History, 19th Century N1 - 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' UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009939961-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009939961-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009939961-t.html ER -