Arguing over adulteration: the success of the Analytical Sanitary Commission

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Charnley, Berris
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2008
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In the Lancet in the 1850s a series of reports described gruesome levels of adulteration in Londoners' food. Following a government inquiry, The Times lauded the supposed hero of the hour, Arthur Hill Hassall MD. In response a furious and acrimonious argument erupted in the letters-pages of The Times and two other medical journals. The details of this argument reveal that not everybody agreed that the success of the Analytical Sanitary Commission was down to Hassall's scientific evidence.In the Lancet in the 1850s a series of reports described gruesome levels of adulteration in Londoners' food. Following a government inquiry, The Times lauded the supposed hero of the hour, Arthur Hill Hassall MD. In response a furious and acrimonious argument erupted in the letters-pages of The Times and two other medical journals. The details of this argument reveal that not everybody agreed that the success of the Analytical Sanitary Commission was down to Hassall's scientific evidence.
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Journal Title
Endeavour
Volume
32
Issue
4
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© 2012 Elsevier Inc. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Environmental and Natural Resources Law