Poison Mysteries in History, Romance and Crime
by C. J. S. Thompson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943
- Title
- Poison mysteries in history, romance and crime
- Original Publication
- London: The Scientific Press, Ltd., 1925.
- Credits
- Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
- Subject
- Poisoners
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 78589
- Release Date
- May 3, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.POISON MYSTERIES IN HISTORY, ROMANCE AND CRIME
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.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
- 5.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
- 6.INDEX
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