Series
38. Medicine & Health-Poisons & Poisoning,, 1903-1974
Dates
- 1903-1974
Scope and Contents
Summary: Documents CR's interest in poisonous substances and their use in consumer products or their access in every day life. Includes newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, publications, and other materials. Included is materials on aluminum, arsenic, carbon monoxide, carbon tetrachloride, chlorinated hydrocarbons, copper, fluorine, lead, mercury, misc. poisons, toxicity of metals, oxalic acid, radium and x-ray poisoning hazards, selenium poisoning, snake venom, strychnine, sulfur dioxide, tobacco, and zinc poisoning. Also material on the labelling of poisons.
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Physical Description
(5 feet.)
Arrangement
Arrangement: Organized alphabetically by poison.
Part of the New Brunswick Special Collections Repository