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The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science
By Hempel, Sandra
- ISBN
- 9780393239713
- Publisher
- Norton
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Starred Review on August 1, 2013 | Science and Technology
Medical journalist Hempel (The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump) offers this carefully researched account of a scientifically groundbreaking murder investigation in early 19th-century England. In 1833, George Bodle, a wealthy landowner, died under mysterious circumstances. Authorities suspected arsenic poisoning. Death by arsenic had become increasingly common, as the substance was essentially undetectable at the time, with physicians mistakin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
