The Height of Adulteration
Anon
Genre: | Reportage, Spoof |
Subjects: | Adulteration, Nutrition, Analytical Chemistry, Class |
Reports on a meeting of 'the liveried attendants of the aristocracy' to discuss 'recent disclosures respecting the adulteration of food'. The meeting resolves to communicate with 'a distinguished chemist' to analyse the amount of alum and 'daff' in hair-powder. |
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