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Hempel, Sandra.
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Poisoning -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Arsenic -- Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Forensic toxicology.
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The inheritor's powd...
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The inheritor's powder : a tale of arsenic, murder, and the new forensic science / Sandra Hempel.
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Hempel, Sandra.
New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, c2013.
Subjects
Poisoning -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Arsenic -- Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Forensic toxicology.
ISBN:
9780393239713 (hardcover) :
0393239713 (hardcover)
Description:
viii, 278 pages ; 25 cm
Edition:
First American edition.
Contents:
The fell spirit of the Borgias -- The big square house in the village -- A great chain and dependency of things -- Death by toad or insect -- That good and pious man -- There's not much in dying -- A great degree of inquietude -- Corroborative proof as to the deleterious article -- Those low incompetent persons -- A very active constable -- The introduction of irritating matter -- I never saw two things in nature more alike -- She would not risk her soul into danger -- Oh my poor mother -- From the very brink of eternity -- The sequel of these proceedings -- What if the chymist should be mistaken? -- The freezing influence of official neglect -- I went with a lie in my mouth.
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Summary:
Explores how an infamous murder case led to the birth of modern toxicology.
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
364.1523 He
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Adult Nonfiction
364.1523 Hempel
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364.1523 He
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