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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whorton, James C., 1942- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press 2010.
Subjects:
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991007799199708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • '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'.