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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013Edition: First American editionDescription: viii, 278 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393239713 (hardcover) :
  • 0393239713 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.152/3092 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6555.G7 H46 2013
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.
Summary: Explores how an infamous murder case led to the birth of modern toxicology.
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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.

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.

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

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