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 for sugar or flour and often incorporated into the family dinner. It was also widely present in green dyes, used to tint everything from candles...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199574707
ISBN13:9780199574704
Release Date:March 2010
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:464 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 5.3" x 7.8"
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