In doing so, however, he would cause as many problems as he solved. The investigation, which gained international attention, brought together a colorful cast of characters: bickering relatives a drunken, bumbling policeman and James Marsh, an unknown but brilliant chemist who, assigned the Bodle case, attempted to create a test that could accurately pinpoint the presence of arsenic. Three days later, after lingering in agony, wealthy George Bodle died in his bed at his farmhouse in Plumstead, leaving behind several heirs, including a son and grandson-both of whom were not on the best of terms with the family patriarch. That evening, the local doctor John Butler received an urgent summons: the family and their servants had collapsed and were seriously ill. Norton & Company Release 15 October 2013 Share Subjects Law Science True Crime Nonfiction Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. On the morning of Saturday, November 2, 1833, the Bodle household sat down to their morning breakfast. The Inheritor's Powder ebook A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science By Sandra Hempel Read a Sample Format ebook ISBN 9780393349887 Author Sandra Hempel Publisher W. Available at any corner shop for a few pence, arsenic was so frequently used by potential beneficiaries of wills that it was nicknamed "the inheritor's powder." But it was difficult to prove that a victim had been poisoned, let alone to identify the contaminated food or drink since arsenic was tasteless. Recognizing the habit ways to get this books The Inheritor S Powder A Tale Of Arsenic Murder And. In the first half of the nineteenth century, an epidemic swept Europe: arsenic poisoning. An infamous murder investigation that changed forever the way poisoners were brought to justice.
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