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The Secret Poisoner

Linda Stratmann

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  • Around 1710, Dutch chemist Herman Boerhaave experimented by subjecting poisons to the heat of glowing coals, and noticed that arsenic fumes smelled like garlic. Over a century later, this was still a useful rule of thumb.