Science and the Criminal

CHAPTER XIV

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NOTABLE POISONING TRIALS

Use of Poisons--Arsenic and Antimony--Chapman Case-- Strychnine in Palmer Trial--Physiological Tests--Case of Freeman--Error from Quantitative Deductions--Poisonous Food Given to Animals--Mary Higgins--Negative Result of Physiological Tests--Hyoscyamus Poisons--Crippen Case-- Experiment on Cats--Time Limit for Action of Arsenic-- French Case 190