Deadly Adulteration and Slow Poisoning Unmasked Disease and Death in the Pot and Bottle

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Deadly Adulteration and Slow Poisoning Unmasked Disease and Death in the Pot and Bottle

by Anonymous

EN·~5 hours·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total

Transcriber’s Note

5:21:56

Description

In a time when cheap shortcuts haunted every kitchen and tavern, this fiery exposé lifts the veil on the hidden toxins lurking in everyday staples. The author, a determined watchdog, catalogues the fraudulent practices of bakers, brewers, spice merchants, and even medical dispensers, showing how contaminated wine, watered‑down spirits, tainted flour and counterfeit medicines have been slipping into the public’s meals and cups. With plain language and vivid examples, he outlines practical tests that ordinary households can perform to detect dangerous adulterations before they claim a life.

Beyond the grim inventory of poisons, the work also attacks the broader culture of deceit that protects profiteers—from quacks peddling fake cures to pawnbrokers exploiting the vulnerable. It reads as both a handbook for the cautious consumer and a moral rallying cry, urging readers to demand honesty from the market and the law. Listeners will come away equipped with surprising historical insight and a renewed vigilance for the purity of what they eat and drink.

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Deadly Adulteration and Slow Poisoning Unmasked Disease and Death in the Pot and Bottle Disease and Death in the Pot and Bottle

Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (309K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by deaurider, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2016-06-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

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Anonymous

Some of the world's oldest and most enduring stories come to us without a known writer. When a book is credited to "Anonymous," it usually means the author's identity was never recorded, was deliberately withheld, or has been lost over time.

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