Ian Burney

Poison, detection and the Victorian imagination

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Produktbeschreibung

A history of poisoning in the nineteenth century and in particular the case of Dr William Palmer, convicted of murder by poisoning, and how he baffled toxicologists, doctors, detectives and judges -- .

Produktdetails

• Encounters: Cultural Histories
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9780719087783
• ISBN-10: 0719087783
• Artikelnr.: 34745101

Autorenporträt

Ian Burney is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Poison and the Victorian imagination 2. Disciplining poison
3. Plain matters of fact: making and representing toxicological knowledge
4. The crime of the age: the case of William Palmer 5. The travails of
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