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Poison Romance And Poison Mysteries

Poison Romance And Poison Mysteries

by Charles John Samuel THOMPSON (1862 - 1943)

A writer and physician, Charles John Samuel Thompson wrote several works on poisons which are still consulted today. He is especially informative on early historical poisons. This book discusses many cases of poisoning, famous and not so, as well as various topics on poisons and poisoning. - Summary by david wales


Chap 1 Poisons of Antiquity

Chap 10 About Aconite And Hemlock

Chap 11 The Case Of Dr. Lamson

Chap 12 The Bravo Mystery

Chap 13 The Case Of Dr. Pritchard

Chap 14 The Pimlico Mystery

Chap 15 The Rugeley Mystery

Chap 16 Opium Eating And Smoking - Mescal Buttons

Chap 17 Hashish And Hashish Eaters

Chap 18 Tobacco Lore

Chap 19 Poison Habits

Chap 2 Poisons and Superstition

Chap 20 Poisons In Fiction

Chap 21 The Lambeth Poison Mysteries

Chap 22 The Horsford Case

Chap 23 The Great American Poison Mystery

Chap 24 Some Curious Methods Employed By Secret Poisoners

Chap 3 Royal And Historic Poisoners

Chap 4 Professional Poisoners

Chap 5 Poisoning Plots

Chap 6 Concerning Arsenic

Chap 7 The Strange Case Of Madame Lafarge

Chap 8 The Case Of Madeline Smith

Chap 9 The Maybrick Case

Prefaces