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
Chapters
1 Prefaces 2 min 2 Chap 1 Poisons of Antiquity 28 min 3 Chap 2 Poisons and Superstition 13 min 4 Chap 3 Royal And Historic Poisoners 21 min 5 Chap 4 Professional Poisoners 26 min 6 Chap 5 Poisoning Plots 6 min 7 Chap 6 Concerning Arsenic 9 min 8 Chap 7 The Strange Case Of Madame Lafarge 11 min 9 Chap 8 The Case Of Madeline Smith 5 min 10 Chap 9 The Maybrick Case 13 min 11 Chap 10 About Aconite And Hemlock 10 min 12 Chap 11 The Case Of Dr. Lamson 3 min 13 Chap 12 The Bravo Mystery 13 min 14 Chap 13 The Case Of Dr. Pritchard 11 min 15 Chap 14 The Pimlico Mystery 13 min 16 Chap 15 The Rugeley Mystery 14 min 17 Chap 16 Opium Eating And Smoking - Mescal Buttons 15 min 18 Chap 17 Hashish And Hashish Eaters 14 min 19 Chap 18 Tobacco Lore 11 min 20 Chap 19 Poison Habits 11 min 21 Chap 20 Poisons In Fiction 18 min 22 Chap 21 The Lambeth Poison Mysteries 10 min 23 Chap 22 The Horsford Case 6 min 24 Chap 23 The Great American Poison Mystery 9 min 25 Chap 24 Some Curious Methods Employed By Secret Poisoners 16 min
