Grateful thanks to Doris Ann Norris for sending me a book called Lee’s Priceless Recipes, published 1895, containing, among other things, the secrets to patent medicines, cosmetics, and other glorious ways to poison people without really trying.
As always thanks to my home-based editing team: Clare, Jane, and John for their insights, as well as my New York team, Kelley Ragland and Meg Ruley.