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

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Whorton, James C., 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
1800-1899
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
History, 19th Century
Arsenic > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Arsenic > Effets secondaires > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Arsenic > Toxicologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Metallurgy.
Arsenic > Toxicology.
United Kingdom
Great Britain.
History.
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The arsenic century : how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play /
by Whorton, James C., 1942-
Published 2010
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