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The arsenic century : how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play, James C. Whorton
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- Summary
- "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 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. 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). 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 wide-ranging and insidious presence in Victorian daily life, weaving together the history of its emergence as a nearly inescapable household hazard with the sordid story of its frequent employment as a tool of murder and suicide. And ultimately, as the final chapter suggests, arsenic in Victorian Britain was very much the pilot episode for a series of environmental poisoning dramas that grew ever more common during the twentieth century and still has no end in sight."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxi, 412 pages
- Contents
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- 'Such an instrument of death and agony'
- 'A new race of poisoners'
- A new breed of detectives
- 'The chief terror of poisoners'
- A penn'orth of poison
- 'Sugared death'
- 'The hue of death, the tint of the grave'
- Walls of death
- Physician-assisted poisoning
- 'A very wholesome poison'
- Poison in the factory and on the farm
- 'Dangers that lie wait in the pint-pot'
- Isbn
- 9780199574704
- Label
- The arsenic century : how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play
- Title
- The arsenic century
- Title remainder
- how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play
- Statement of responsibility
- James C. Whorton
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 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. 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). 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 wide-ranging and insidious presence in Victorian daily life, weaving together the history of its emergence as a nearly inescapable household hazard with the sordid story of its frequent employment as a tool of murder and suicide. And ultimately, as the final chapter suggests, arsenic in Victorian Britain was very much the pilot episode for a series of environmental poisoning dramas that grew ever more common during the twentieth century and still has no end in sight."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Whorton, James C.
- Dewey number
- 669.75094109034
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RA1231.A7
- LC item number
- W46 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2010 H-544
- QV 294
- NLM item number
- W628a 2010
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Arsenic
- Arsenic
- Arsenic
- Arsenic Poisoning
- Arsenic
- History, 19th Century
- United Kingdom
- Label
- The arsenic century : how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play, James C. Whorton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-403) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 'Such an instrument of death and agony' -- 'A new race of poisoners' -- A new breed of detectives -- 'The chief terror of poisoners' -- A penn'orth of poison -- 'Sugared death' -- 'The hue of death, the tint of the grave' -- Walls of death -- Physician-assisted poisoning -- 'A very wholesome poison' -- Poison in the factory and on the farm -- 'Dangers that lie wait in the pint-pot'
- Control code
- 444383899
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 412 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199574704
- Lccn
- 2009939961
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)444383899
- Label
- The arsenic century : how Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play, James C. Whorton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-403) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 'Such an instrument of death and agony' -- 'A new race of poisoners' -- A new breed of detectives -- 'The chief terror of poisoners' -- A penn'orth of poison -- 'Sugared death' -- 'The hue of death, the tint of the grave' -- Walls of death -- Physician-assisted poisoning -- 'A very wholesome poison' -- Poison in the factory and on the farm -- 'Dangers that lie wait in the pint-pot'
- Control code
- 444383899
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 412 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199574704
- Lccn
- 2009939961
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)444383899
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