TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hempel,Sandra
TI  - The inheritor's powder: a tale of arsenic, murder, and the new forensic science 
SN  - 0393239713 (hardcover)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Toxicology
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Forensic toxicology
KW  - Murder
KW  - Poisoning
N1  - 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
N2  - Explores how an infamous murder case led to the birth of modern toxicology
ER  -