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Poison, Passion, and Politics

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

The German scholar, Albertus Magnus, is generally credited with the discovery of arsenic in or about 1250. All sorts of poisons have been used since the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Greeks had a fondness for water … Continue reading →

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