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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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 and candies to curtains, wallpaper, and clothing (it was arsenic in old lace that was the danger). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 412 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191573446 0191573442 9780199574704 0199574707 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
