Poison, detection, and the Victorian imagination
By: Ian Burney.
Series: Encounters; Encounters (Manchester University Press)
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780719073762
Subjects: Palmer, William, -- 1824-1856.; Palmer, William, -- 1824-1856.; Poisoning -- history -- Great Britain.; History, 19th Century -- Great Britain.; Poisons -- history -- Great Britain.; Toxicology -- history -- Great Britain.; Poisoning -- Great Britain -- History.; Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History.; Poisons -- Great Britain -- History.; Great Britain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Poison and the Victorian imagination; value: Disciplining poison; value: Plain matters of fact : making and representing toxicological knowledge; value: The crime of the age : the case of William Palmer; value: The travails of poison hunting.