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Prefaces
114
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Chap 1 Poisons of Antiquity
1658
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Chap 2 Poisons and Superstition
768
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Chap 3 Royal And Historic Poisoners
1268
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Chap 4 Professional Poisoners
1547
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Chap 5 Poisoning Plots
343
6
Chap 6 Concerning Arsenic
558
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Chap 7 The Strange Case Of Madame Lafarge
631
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Chap 8 The Case Of Madeline Smith
314
9
Chap 9 The Maybrick Case
767
10
Chap 10 About Aconite And Hemlock
574
11
Chap 11 The Case Of Dr. Lamson
205
12
Chap 12 The Bravo Mystery
769
13
Chap 13 The Case Of Dr. Pritchard
674
14
Chap 14 The Pimlico Mystery
778
15
Chap 15 The Rugeley Mystery
840
16
Chap 16 Opium Eating And Smoking - Mescal Buttons
874
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Chap 17 Hashish And Hashish Eaters
858
18
Chap 18 Tobacco Lore
649
19
Chap 19 Poison Habits
646
20
Chap 20 Poisons In Fiction
1085
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Chap 21 The Lambeth Poison Mysteries
589
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Chap 22 The Horsford Case
356
23
Chap 23 The Great American Poison Mystery
533
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Chap 24 Some Curious Methods Employed By Secret Poisoners
948
Description
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
