MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02062cam a2200397 a 4500
001 2009939961
003 DLC
005 20100910124101.0
008 091023s2010 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009939961
015 $aGBA994125$2bnb
016 7 $a015380215$2Uk
020 $a9780199574704 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
020 $a0199574707
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn444383899
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050 00 $aRA1231.A7$bW46 2010
060 4 $aQV 290$bW628a 2010
082 04 $a669.75094109034$222
100 1 $aWhorton, James C.,$d1942-
245 14 $aThe arsenic century :$bhow Victorian Britain was poisoned at home, work, and play /$cJames C. Whorton.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2010.
300 $axxi, 412 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [365]-403) and index.
505 0 $a'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'.
650 0 $aArsenic$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aArsenic$xSide effects$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aArsenic$xToxicology$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 12 $aArsenic$xtoxicity.
650 12 $aArsenic Poisoning$xhistory$zGreat Britain.
650 22 $aHistory, 19th Century$zGreat Britain.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009939961-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009939961-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2009939961-t.html