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Poison detected: or frightful truths; and alarming to the British metropolis. In a treatise on bread; and the abuses practised in making that food, as occasioning the decrease and degeneracy of the people; destroying infants; and producing innumerable diseases. Shewing also, The virtues of Good Bread, and the manner of making it. To which is added, a Charge to the confederacy of bakers, corn-dealers, farmers, and millers; concerning short weight, adulterations, and artificial scarcities; with easy methods to prevent all such abuses. By my friend, a physician

Title
Poison detected: or frightful truths; and alarming to the British metropolis. In a treatise on bread; and the abuses practised in making that food, as occasioning the decrease and degeneracy of the people; destroying infants; and producing innumerable diseases. Shewing also, The virtues of Good Bread, and the manner of making it. To which is added, a Charge to the confederacy of bakers, corn-dealers, farmers, and millers; concerning short weight, adulterations, and artificial scarcities; with easy methods to prevent all such abuses. By my friend, a physician [electronic resource].
Author
My friend, a physician.
Publication
London : printed for Mess. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; Osborne, in Gray's-Inn; Corbet, in Fleet-Street; Griffith, in Pater-Noster-Row; and James, at the Royal Exchange, MDCCLVII. [1757]

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Description
[4],75,[1]p.; 8⁰.
Subject
  • Bakers and bakeries > Great Britain
  • Food adulteration and inspection > Great Britain
  • Bread industry > Corrupt practices > Great Britain
Note
  • Price from imprint: price One Shilling and Six-Pence.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642246541
  • ECCO1-T102849
Author
My friend, a physician.
Title
Poison detected: or frightful truths; and alarming to the British metropolis. In a treatise on bread; and the abuses practised in making that food, as occasioning the decrease and degeneracy of the people; destroying infants; and producing innumerable diseases. Shewing also, The virtues of Good Bread, and the manner of making it. To which is added, a Charge to the confederacy of bakers, corn-dealers, farmers, and millers; concerning short weight, adulterations, and artificial scarcities; with easy methods to prevent all such abuses. By my friend, a physician [electronic resource].
Imprint
London : printed for Mess. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; Osborne, in Gray's-Inn; Corbet, in Fleet-Street; Griffith, in Pater-Noster-Row; and James, at the Royal Exchange, MDCCLVII. [1757]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T102849.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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