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b"Thousands of beer barrels were emptied into the streets across Lancashire on 1st December, 1900 - when it finally dawned on people that the cheap stout they\\u2019d been drinking\\xa0was contaminated with arsenic.\\xa0\\nOver 6,000 members of the public were poisoned, mostly across Manchester and Salford, thanks to the practice of breweries padding out the barley with inexpensive glucose syrup.\\xa0\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly consider the role that the class system played in the initial diagnoses of mass \\u2018alcoholic multiple neuritis\\u2019; reveal the one company in the supply chain that eventually stumped up \\xa3136,000 compensation; and explain how general elections were believed to push the general public into the public houses\\u2026Further Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The Lancet\\u2019 covers the news (1900):\\xa0https://www.sciencedirect.com/sdfe/pdf/download/eid/1-s2.0-S014067360189036X/first-page-pdf\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The 1900 arsenic poisoning epidemic\\u2019 (from the Journal of the Brewery History Society):\\xa0\\nhttp://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/130/Arsenic.pdf\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Arsenic: The Most Popular Poison In Victorian Britain\\u2019 (Victorian Pharmacy, 2018):\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93XYE56KwSk\\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\\n#1900s #Food #Strange #UK\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"