Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries

by C. J. S. Thompson

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
I	Poisons of Antiquity	[11]
II	Poisons and Superstition	[21]
III	Royal and Historic Poisoners	[26]
IV	Professional Poisoners	[34]
V	Poisoning Plots	[43]
VI	Concerning Arsenic	[45]
VII	The Strange Case of Madame Lafarge	[49]
VIII	The Case of Madeline Smith	[53]
IX	The Maybrick Case	[55]
X	About Aconite and Hemlock	[60]
XI	The Case of Dr. Lamson	[63]
XII	The Bravo Mystery	[65]
XIII	The Case of Dr. Pritchard	[70]
XIV	The Pimlico Mystery	[75]
XV	The Rugeley Mystery	[80]
XVI	Opium Eating and Smoking—Mescal Buttons	[85]
XVII	Hashish and Hashish Eaters	[90]
XVIII	Tobacco Lore	[95]
XIX	Poison Habits	[99]
XX	Poisons in Fiction	[103]
XXI	The Lambeth Poison Mysteries	[110]
XXII	The Horsford Case	[114]
XXIII	The Great American Poison Mystery	[117]
XXIV	Some Curious Methods Employed by Secret Poisoners	[121]

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POISON ROMANCE AND POISON MYSTERIES

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