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Arsenic is rightly infamous as the poison of choice for Victorian murderers. Yet the great majority of fatalities from arsenic in the nineteenth century came no
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-25 - Publisher: National Geographic Books

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Shadows from the Walls of Death
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Robert Clark Kedzie
Categories: Arsenic
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-11-14 - Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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This version of 'Shadows from the Walls of Death' is a tribute to Robert Clark Kedzie, who produced the originals of which there are now only two left in existe
The Arsenic Eaters
Language: en
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This book investigates the widespread historical belief that the consumption of arsenic, generally known to be a deadly poison, is beneficial to one's health. A
The Secret Poisoner
Language: en
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Authors: Linda Stratmann
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“This fine social history charts the changing patterns of using poison” and the forensic methods developed to detect it in the Victorian Era (The Guardian,