Empoisonnement

1901 · 134766 — London: His Majesty's Stationery Office by Wyman and Sons; by Darling & Son 1901-03. Hardcover. Good. vi 10 iv 52 x 379 25 p. 34 cm. Blue cloth. Corners bumped spine faded and scuffed small tears in spine ends general shelf wear. Second copy of first report unbound and badly torn tucked in at rear. Some pencil marks. <br/><br/>In 1900 more than 6000 people in England were poisoned by arsenic-tainted beer with more than 70 of the afflicted dying as a result. The food safety crisis was caused by arsenic entering the supply chain through impure sugar which had been made with contaminated sulphuric acid. This Royal Commission was the result. Contains 1 Report. 2 Final Report. 3 Minutes of Evidence and Appendices Vol. I. - Evidence received in 1901 Together with Appendices 1 to 15 and Index. Being Part II. of the First Report of the Commisson. 4 Report to the Local Government Board on Recent Epidemic Arsenical Poisoning Attributed to Beer. His Majesty's Stationery Office by Wyman and Sons; by Darling & Son hardcover