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Author Hempel, Sandra.
Title The inheritor's powder : a tale of arsenic, murder, and the new forensic science / Sandra Hempel.
Publisher New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
©2013
Edition First American edition.
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 Ozark Adult Nonfiction  364.152 HEMPEL    CHECK SHELF
Descript viii, 278 pages ; 25 cm
Subject 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.
SCIENCES & NATURE.
Note First published in London in 2013 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson with subtitle: A cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index.
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.
Summary Explores how an infamous murder case led to the birth of modern toxicology.
ISBN 9780393239713
0393239713

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