The Bane and the antidote; or, poisoning and its suppression.

  • Wilson, Walter.
Date:
1856
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Credit: The Bane and the antidote; or, poisoning and its suppression. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Professors make wise men tremble, good men sad, and bad men bold; they encourage the reprobate in his onward career of guilt, and doubly arm the secret poisoner with a scientific cause for the commission of crimej whose victims drop like withered leaves in autumn, and fall beneath the influence of his dark and stealthy dealings like a fabled fate. The following compilation by Professor Christison, taken from the returns made by the Coroners of England, for the two years ending 1838, shew some of the Poisons generally used:— ]. Arsenical, White Arsenic 185 Yellow ditto • 1 2. Acids, Sulphuric Acid 32 Nitric Acid 3 Oxalic Acid 19 3. Mercurials, Corrosive Sublimate ... 12 White Mercury 1 Turbith Mineral 1 Mercury (?) 1 4. Other Mineral Tartar-emetic * 2 Irritants, Sulphate of Iron 1 Chloride of Tin 1 Subacetate of Lead 1 Bicrom. of Potash 1 Percussion Powder 1 Carbon, of Potash 1 Black Ash 1