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

by Anonymous

Transcriber’s Note

The original begins with a 22 page catalogue of “PRACTICAL BOOKS ON Sporting Subjects”. This has been moved to the end.

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DEADLY ADULTERATION
AND
SLOW POISONING UNMASKED;
OR,
Disease and Death
IN THE POT AND THE BOTTLE;

IN WHICH
THE BLOOD-EMPOISONING AND LIFE-DESTROYING
ADULTERATIONS

OF
WINES, SPIRITS, BEER, BREAD, FLOUR, TEA, SUGAR, SPICES, CHEESEMONGERY,
PASTRY, CONFECTIONARY MEDICINES, &c. &c. &c.
ARE LAID OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,

WITH
TESTS OR METHODS
FOR ASCERTAINING AND DETECTING THE
FRAUDULENT AND DELETERIOUS ADULTERATIONS
AND THE GOOD AND BAD QUALITIES
OF THOSE ARTICLES:

With an Exposé of Medical Empiricism and Imposture, Quacks and
Quackery, Regular and Irregular, Legitimate and Illegitimate: and
The Frauds and Mal-practices of Pawnbrokers and Madhouse-keepers.
NEW EDITION.
BY AN ENEMY TO FRAUD AND VILLANY.