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The inheritor's powder a tale of arsenic, murder, and the new forensic science

Explores how an infamous murder case led to the birth of modern toxicology.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hempel, Sandra
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Edition:	First American edition.
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.
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Summary:	Explores how an infamous murder case led to the birth of modern toxicology.
Item Description:	First published in London in 2013 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson with subtitle: A cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed.
Physical Description:	viii, 278 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index.
ISBN:	9780393239713 (hardcover) : 0393239713 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Sandra Hempel is a medical journalist whose work has appeared in the Times , the Sunday Times , and the Guardian . The author of The Inheritor's Powder and the award-winning The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump , she lives in London.