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Title:

The Strange story of Napoleon's wallpaper [videorecording] / a BBC-TV production in association with Films for the Humanities & Sciences.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Films for the Humanities & Sciences,

Copyright Date:

c1991

Description:

1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Death and burial.
Chemical elements--Popular works.
Arsenic--Popular works.
France--Biography.--Biography.

Other Authors:

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

Other Titles:

Arsenic.
Napoleon's wallpaper.

Notes:

Title on cassette label: Napoleon's wallpaper (Arsenic) "FFH 2896" David Jones.

Summary:

The program shows the test used on a scrap of Napoleon's wallpaper to determine that it had Scheele's green or copper arsenite on it. Historical research into the conditions of Napoleon's incarceration on St. Helena supplied the remaining details to justify the conclusion that arsenic found in Napoleon's hair resulted not from a poisoning conspiracy, but because dampness made his wallpaper lethal.

Series:

The periodic table and the human element ;

OCLC:

(OCoLC)25377734

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)