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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

POISON ROMANCE AND POISON MYSTERIES


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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