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Arsenic and Old Graves: A Method for Testing Arsenic Contamination in Historic Cemeteries
Maureen S. Meyers, David Breetzke, Henry Holt
Journal: Advances in Archaeological Practice / Volume 9 / Issue 1 / February 2021
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 December 2020, pp. 34-40
Print publication: February 2021
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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, arsenic was used as an embalming agent in the United States. In 1996, Konefes and McGee brought the potential danger of arsenic poisoning during excavation to the attention of archaeologists. They developed methodology that was later refined by the present authors. This article discusses the history of arsenic as an embalming agent, explores socioeconomic and demographic factors that might suggest the presence of arsenic in certain burials, and presents methods for testing arsenic in archaeological contexts. We also discuss environmental impact mitigation considerations and review examples of arsenic testing in archaeological contexts.

Art. I.—A Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society
Henry F. Holt
Journal: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society / Volume 22 / Issue 1 / January 1890
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011, pp. 1-117
Print publication: January 1890
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“The Story of Chin, P'ing, and Mei.” A Novel. A Description of Chinese manners and customs, especially with reference to Courtship and Marriage, the design of which, according to the Preface, is to promote Virtue and to discourage Vice. 2 cases, 20 vols. Ref. B.M. p. 11.