Robertm Kedzie News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from Robertm kedzie. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In Robertm Kedzie Today - Breaking & Trending Today

Shadows From the Walls of Death – A Book That Can Literally Kill You


Shadows From the Walls of Death – A Book That Can Literally Kill You
When people speak of potentially-deadly books, they usually refer to the radical or controversial ideas they contain, but in the case of one very scary book, the potential for lethalness is quite literal.
Shadows from the Walls of Death: Facts and Inferences Prefacing a Book of Specimens of Arsenical Wall Papers is a book published in 1874 by Dr. Robert M. Kedzie, a Union surgeon during the American Civil War who later became a professor of chemistry. Of its 100 or so pages, 86 are just samples of arsenic-pigmented wallpaper that people used to decorate their homes during those times. Even though arsenic was a known toxin capable of killing a person if ingested, no one imagined it could kill even when used as an active ingredient to make wallpaper colors more vibrant. Kedzie did, though, so he printed this book as a warning. ....

Michigan State University , United States , Robertm Kedzie , Harvard University Medical School , National Library Of Medicine , University Of Michigan , Inferences Prefacing , Arsenical Wall Papers , American Civil War , National Library , Circulating Now , Atlas Obscura , மிச்சிகன் நிலை பல்கலைக்கழகம் , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , ஹார்வர்ட் பல்கலைக்கழகம் மருத்துவ பள்ளி , தேசிய நூலகம் ஆஃப் மருந்து , பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் மிச்சிகன் , அமெரிக்கன் சிவில் போர் , தேசிய நூலகம் , சுற்றும் இப்போது , அட்லஸ் ஒபஸ்குற ,