The legendary properties of quicklime as an agent for disposing of unwanted human remains (whether the debris of assassin or hangman) owe more to popular fiction than to biological reality. Who has not felt the shudder of Oscar Wilde's chilling description of the fate of the recently executed corpse of Trooper Charles Woolrige as it lies in its coffin packed with quicklime:
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Quicklime
Posted - 03 August 2003 : 7:09:40 PM
