Poison mysteries in history, romance and crime
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POISON MYSTERIES IN HISTORY, ROMANCE AND CRIME
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PART I POISONS IN HISTORY AND ROMANCE
CHAPTER I POISONS USED BY ANCIENT AND PRIMITIVE RACES
CHAPTER II POISONS USED BY THE EGYPTIANS, GREEKS, ROMANS, HEBREWS, CHINESE AND HINDUS IN ANCIENT TIMES
CHAPTER III ANTIDOTES TO POISON IN ANCIENT TIMES
CHAPTER IV PREVENTIVE METHODS AND SUBSTANCES USED AGAINST POISONS
CHAPTER V SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED WITH POISONOUS PLANTS
CHAPTER VI THE POISON LORE OF TOADS AND SPIDERS
CHAPTER VII SOME CLASSICAL POISONS AND THEIR HISTORIES
CHAPTER VIII ROYAL AND HISTORIC POISONERS
CHAPTER IX POISONS TRIED ON HUMAN BEINGS
CHAPTER X THE SLOW AND TIME POISONS OF MEDIÆVAL TIMES
CHAPTER XI THE ITALIAN SCHOOL OF POISONERS
CHAPTER XII THE MYSTERY OF THE BORGIAS
CHAPTER XIII POISON MYSTERIES IN EARLY SCOTTISH HISTORY
CHAPTER XIV HISTORIC POISON CASES IN FRANCE
CHAPTER XV THE MYSTERY OF AMY ROBSART’S DEATH
CHAPTER XVI A POISON MYSTERY OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
The Strange Case of Sir Euseby Andrew
CHAPTER XVII A MYSTERY OF THE AUSTRIAN COURT IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XVIII POISON PLOTS
CHAPTER XIX CURIOUS METHODS EMPLOYED BY SECRET POISONERS
CHAPTER XX LOVE-PHILTRES AND POISONS
CHAPTER XXI POISONS IN FOOD
Poison in Beer—Poison in Food—Poison in Honey—Poison in Cocoa and Chocolate
CHAPTER XXII POISONS USED IN WARFARE
CHAPTER XXIII CRIMINAL POISONING WITH BACTERIA
CHAPTER XXIV POISON HABITS
Opium—Morphine—Chloroform—Ether—Chlorodyne—Cocaine
CHAPTER XXV HASHISH AND HASHISH-EATERS
CHAPTER XXVI POISONS IN FICTION
PART II POISON MYSTERIES
CHAPTER I THE MYSTERY OF LAWFORD HALL—THE STRANGE CASE OF ELIZABETH FENNING
CHAPTER II THE CASE OF MADAME LAFARGE
CHAPTER III THE CASE OF MADELINE SMITH
CHAPTER IV THE BRAVO MYSTERY
CHAPTER V THE RUGELEY MYSTERY
CHAPTER VI THE CASE OF DR. PRITCHARD
CHAPTER VII THE CASE OF DR. LAMSON
CHAPTER VIII THE PIMLICO MYSTERY
CHAPTER IX THE MAYBRICK CASE
CHAPTER X THE LAMBETH POISON MYSTERIES
CHAPTER XI SOME POISON MYSTERIES IN FRANCE
CHAPTER XII THE HORSFORD CASE
CHAPTER XIII AMERICAN POISON MYSTERIES
CHAPTER XIV THE SOUTHWARK POISON MYSTERY
CHAPTER XV SOME IRISH POISON MYSTERIES
CHAPTER XVI THE DEVEREUX CASE
CHAPTER XVII THE CRIPPEN CASE
CHAPTER XVIII THE MYSTERY OF THE SEDDONS
CHAPTER XIX THE DALKEITH COFFEE POISON CASE
CHAPTER XX THE AGRA POISON MYSTERY
CHAPTER XXI A CORNISH POISON MYSTERY
CHAPTER XXII THE ARMSTRONG CASE
CHAPTER XXIII SOME POISON ASPECTS OF THE ILFORD MURDER CASE
INDEX
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