I Like My Queens Petty: Scheele's Green

This week, Melanie tells us about a guy named Carl, there's an old-timey inventor brawl, discoveries are licked, pompous assholes are always celebrated, ugly wallpaper makes someone throw up, Melanie needs to make a report to The Director of History,  Melanie overlooks a huge shaft.  and beautiful green dye kills a bunch of people.SHOW NOTESContent warnings: poisoning, deaths of children 16:46-17:36, graphic description of death by poisoning.Show notes:Carl Wilhelm ScheeleCarl Wilhelm Scheele, the discoverer of oxygen, and a very productive chemistColors for Your Every MoodDeath by Wallpaper: The Alluring Arsenic Colors that Poisoned the Victorian AgeDeath in the Walls: How Scheele’s Green Poisoned Victorian BritainDon’t Lick the Dress: 19th Century Toxic DyesDrop Dead Gorgeous: A TL;DR Tale of Arsenic in Victorian LifeEmerald Green or Paris Green, the Deadly Regency PigmentFatal Victorian Fashion and the Allure of the Poison GarmentHow William Morris betrayed his socialist ideals with his wallpaperInfluence of Eugénie on Luxury Style is Still Felt TodayJAMES C. WHORTON, The Arsenic Century: How. Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home,. Work, and Play. Oxford: Oxford University. Press, 2010.Killer Clothing Was All the Rage in the 19th CenturyMaxime VernoisMeet William Morris: The Most Celebrated Designer of the Arts & Crafts MovementOn PoisonsOn that deadly emerald greenParis Green: The Trendy Color That Killed Many in Victorian SocietyRespect the ChemistryScheele’s Green, the Color of Fake Foliage and DeathThe Arsenic Dress: How Poisonous Green Pigments Terrorized Victorian FashionThe Arsenic Dress of the Victorian EraToxic Socks and other Fashion FatalitiesWhat is Arsenic Poisoning?