The inheritor's powder : a tale of arsenic, murder, and the new forensic science / Sandra Hempel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hempel, Sandra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poisoning--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Poisoning.

Arsenic--Toxicology--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Arsenic.

Murder--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Murder.

Toxicology--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Toxicology.

Forensic toxicology.

History.

Arsenic--Toxicology.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

viii, 278 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.

Summary:

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

Contents:

The fell spirit of the Borgias

The big square house in the village

A great chain and dependency of things

Death by toad or insect

That good and pious man

There's not much in dying

A great degree of inquietude

Corroborative proof as to the deleterious article

Those low incompetent persons

A very active constable

The introduction of irritating matter

I never saw two things in nature more alike

She would not risk her soul into danger

Oh my poor mother

From the very brink of eternity

The sequel of these proceedings

What if the chymist should be mistaken?

The freezing influence of official neglect

I went with a lie in my mouth.

Notes:

First published in London in 2013 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson with subtitle: A cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index.

ISBN:

9780393239713

0393239713

OCLC:

853618599