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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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
W.W. Norton & Company,
2013.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Hempel, Sandra. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The inheritor's powder : |b a tale of arsenic, murder, and the new forensic science / |c Sandra Hempel. |
| 250 | |a First American edition. | ||
| 260 | |a New York, N.Y. : |b W.W. Norton & Company, |c 2013. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 278 pages ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 500 | |a First published in London in 2013 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson with subtitle: A cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t The fell spirit of the Borgias -- |t The big square house in the village -- |t A great chain and dependency of things -- |t Death by toad or insect -- |t That good and pious man -- |t There's not much in dying -- |t A great degree of inquietude -- |t Corroborative proof as to the deleterious article -- |t Those low incompetent persons -- |t A very active constable -- |t The introduction of irritating matter -- |t I never saw two things in nature more alike -- |t She would not risk her soul into danger -- |t Oh my poor mother -- |t From the very brink of eternity -- |t The sequel of these proceedings -- |t What if the chymist should be mistaken? -- |t The freezing influence of official neglect -- |t I went with a lie in my mouth. |
| 520 | |a Explores how an infamous murder case led to the birth of modern toxicology. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Poisoning |z Great Britain |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Arsenic |x Toxicology |z Great Britain |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Murder |z Great Britain |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Toxicology |z Great Britain |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Forensic toxicology. | |
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