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Deborah blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very best mystery fiction, shares the untold. A german chemist had discovered that if you put carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen in an industrial pressure cooker and superheat the mixture to 400 degrees fahrenheit, and this made a nearperfect methyl alcohol. Jan 08, 2014 in the early 20th century, the average american medicine cabinet was a wouldbe poisoner s treasure chest, with radioactive radium, thallium, and morphine included in everyday products. He was brought in to help with yet another health hazard radium. Chapter 1 of the poisoners handbook, premiering january 7, 2014. Murder and the birth of forensic medicine in jazz age new york kindle edition by blum, deborah.
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