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  • Hempel, Sandra.
     
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  • Poisoning -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
     
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  • Arsenic -- Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
     
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  • Murder -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
     
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  • Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
     
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  • Forensic toxicology.
     
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    The inheritor's powder : a tale of arsenic, murder, and the new forensic science / Sandra Hempel.
    by Hempel, Sandra.
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    New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, c2013.
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  • Poisoning -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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  • Arsenic -- Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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  • Murder -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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  • Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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  • Forensic toxicology.
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    9780393239713 (hardcover) :
    0393239713 (hardcover)
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    viii, 278 pages ; 25 cm
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    First American edition.
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    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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    Explores how an infamous murder case led to the birth of modern toxicology.
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    Hawaii State LibrarySocial Science & Philosophy364.1523 HeChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Hilo Public LibraryAdult Nonfiction364.1523 HempelChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Pahoa P/S LibraryAdult Nonfiction364.1523 HeChecked InAdd Copy to MyList


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