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Author Hempel, Sandra.

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

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

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  364.152 HEMPEL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  364.152 HEM    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.1523 HEMPEL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.152 HEMPEL    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  364.152 HEMPEL    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  364.152 HEMPLE    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  364.152 HEMPEL    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  364.1523 HEM    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  364.1523 HEMPEL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  364.1523 HEMPEL    Check Shelf

Edition First American edition.
Description viii, 278 pages ; 25 cm
Note First published in London in 2013 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson with subtitle: A cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index.
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.
Subject Poisoning -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Arsenic -- Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Forensic toxicology.
ISBN 9780393239713 hardcover $25.95
0393239713 hardcover
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