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mrvader2u discovered 7 weeks ago- A little primer for those of you interested in the history of Arsenic. Fascinating and ghoulish. Someone told me it's good in cookies.
- frenchtwist rated 6 weeks ago
- Arsenic: A Murderous History During the fourth century BC, the Romans made considerable use of poisons in politics. In this same period a conspiracy was uncovered involving a group of women who schemed to poison men whose deaths would profit them. In 82 BC, in an attempt to stem what was becoming an epidemic of large-scale poisonings, the Roman dictator and constitutional reformer Lucius Cornelius Sulla issued the Lex Cornelia, probably the first law against poisoning. Among the most infamous of poisoners was a woman known as Toffana who made arsenic-laced cosmetics and instructed women on their use. Another woman, known as Hieronyma Spara, organized group instruction in the homicidal uses of arsenic for a number of young married women who wanted to better their station in life by becoming wealthy young widows. Reports of death by arsenic containing cosmetics continued through the twentieth century. The origin of the expression "the gift of the Borgias" is obscure, but it might have reflected the sarcastic wit of some unknown historian. It may be relevant that the German word "gift" means both poison and malice. ~ excerpts from the page
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