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The arsenic century : how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play /
Arsenic is rightly infamous as the poison of choice for Victorian murderers. Yet the great majority of fatalities from arsenic in the nineteenth century came not from intentional poisoning, but from accident. Kept in many homes for the purpose of poisoning rats, the white powder was easily mistaken...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- List of Illustrations; 1. 'Such an Instrument of Death and Agony'; 2. 'A New Race of Poisoners'; 3. A New Breed of Detectives; 4. 'The Chief Terror of Poisoners'; 5. A Penn'orth of Poison; 6. 'Sugared Death'; 7. 'The Hue of Death, the Tint of the Grave'; 8. Walls of Death; 9. Physician-Assisted Poisoning; 10. 'A Very Wholesome Poison'; 11. Poison in the Factory and on the Farm; 12. 'Dangers that Lie Wait in the Pint-Pot'; Abbreviations; Notes; Index.