Arsenic Century Whorton James C.
Arsenic Century Whorton James C. Arsenic is rightly infamous as the poison of choice for Victorian murderers. It was also widely present in green dyes, used to tint everything from candles and…
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Arsenic Century Whorton James C.
Arsenic is rightly infamous as the poison of choice for Victorian murderers. It was also widely present in green dyes, used to tint everything from candles and candies to curtains, wallpaper, and clothing (it was arsenic in old lace that was the danger). Yet the great majority of fatalities from arsenic in the nineteenth century came not from intentional poisoning, but from accident.Kept in many homes for the purpose of poisoning rats, the white powder was easily mistaken for sugar or flour and often incorporated into the family dinner.
Whether at home amidst arsenical curtains and wallpapers, at work manufacturing these products, or at play swirling about the papered, curtained ballroom in arsenical gowns and gloves, no one was beyond the poison's reach.Drawing on the medical, legal, and popular literature of the time, The Arsenic Century paints a vivid picture of its
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