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The tryal of Mr. Richard Weston, at the Guild-Hall of the City of London, for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt. October the 19th, 1615. 13 Jac. I.
Date: Printed in the year MDCCXXXVII. [1737]- Books
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A genuine account of the most horrid parricide committed by Mary Blandy, spinster, upon the body of her father Francis Blandy ... : Together with the copy of a letter she had wrote to Mr. C-n ... and her confession before the magistrate. Also a copy of her commitment to Oxford Gaol ... / Published by some of the friends and relations of the family.
Date: 1751- Books
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Report of the trial and conviction of John Earls : for the murder of his wife, Catharine Earls, late of Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania : in the Court of Oyer and Terminer held at Williamsport, for Lycoming County, February term, 1836 : including the arguments of counsel at length, together with the confession of the prisoner / reported and prepared for publication by Wm. F. Packer & A. Cummings Jr.
Earls, John, 1802-1836.Date: 1836- Books
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Full report, extracted from the "Times", of the extraordinary and interesting trial of Miss Madeleine Smith, of Glasgow, on the charge of poisoning by arsenic of her late lover, Emile L'Angelier, including the correspondence.
Date: 1857- Books
Processo agli untori : Milano 1630, cronaca e atti giudiziari in edizione integrale / a cura di Giuseppe Farinelli e Ermanno Paccagnini.
Date: 1988- Books
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An account [in verse] of a dreadful murder. Committed by Miss Mary Smith, of Thornbury on the body of her father, Sir John Smith, by poisoning his ... with an account of her trial / [Mary Smith].
Smith, Mary, of Thornbury.Date: [1790?]- Books
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A true and particular account, of the trial, and execution of Captain Donnellan, who was executed, at Warwick, on Monday last, the 2d of April, for poisoning his brother in law, Sir Theodosius Boughton, Bart. ...
Donellan, John, -1781.Date: 1781]- Books
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A genuine account of the most horrid parricide committed by Mary Blandy, spinster, upon the body of her father Mr. Francis Blandy, Gent. Town-Clerk of Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire. Containing The several Incidents that happened from the Time she received the poisonous Powder from her Lover, the Hon. William Henry C-n, to the 5th of August, when she first administer'd some of it to her Father in Water-Gruel; and from that Time to the 14th of the same Month, when he expir'd in the greatest Agonies. With Copies of the Affidavits taken before the Mayor and Coroner, &c. Together With the Copy of a Letter she had wrote to Mr. C-n, which was intercepted by Mr. Littleton a few Days before Mr. Blandy's Death, which was read to him; and her Confession before the Magistrate. Also A Copy of her Commitment to Oxford Gaol, and her Behaviour to the present Time. Published by some of the Friends and Relations of the Family, in order to prevent the Publick from being any longer imposed on with fictitious Stories.
Date: [1751]- Books
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A letter from a clergyman to Miss Mary Blandy, now a prisoner in Oxford Castle; with her answer thereto : as also Miss Blandy's own narrative of the crime for which she is condemn'd to die ... To which is prefixed, a letter occasioned by reading Miss Blandy's trial.
Blandy, Mary, 1720-1752Date: [1752]- Digital Images
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Petasites hybridus (L.)G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Asteraceae. Butterbur, Bog rhubarb. Distribution: Europe, NW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: “The roots are ... exceeding good in violent and pestilential fevers, they provoke the terms, expel poison, and kill worms.” Modern herbalists recommend it for a wide range of therapies, but it contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are hepatotoxic and cause liver cancers. Nevertheless, in a trial aimed at reducing frequency of migraine attacks, a standardised commercial preparation was well tolerated, and was effective at higher doses, but placebo in this trial reduced migraines by over 50% in 49% of the patients (Neurology 2004
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
The poisoner : the life and crimes of Victorian England's most notorious doctor / Stephen Bates.
Bates, Stephen, 1954-Date: [2014]- Books
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The trial, conviction, condemnation, confession and execution of William Smith, for poisoning his father-in-law, Thomas Harper, and William and Anne Harper his children, at Ingleby-Manor, in Yorkshire, by mixing arsenick in a Good-Friday cake, who was tried on Monday the 13th of August, at the assizes held at the castle at York, before Mr. Serjeant Eyre, and executed on Wednesday the 15th, and afterwards dissected by the Surgeons of that Place. To which is added, an account of the murder of farmer Harvey, his wife, son and daughter in the Parish of Brent, within Sixteen Miles of Plymouth, who were found murdered, on Friday the 10th of this Month.
Smith, William, 1731?-1753.Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Digital Images
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Petasites hybridus (L.)G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Asteraceae. Butterbur, Bog rhubarb. Distribution: Europe, NW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: “The roots are ... exceeding good in violent and pestilential fevers, they provoke the terms, expel poison, and kill worms.” Modern herbalists recommend it for a wide range of therapies, but it contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are hepatotoxic and cause liver cancers. Nevertheless, in a trial aimed at reducing frequency of migraine attacks, a standardised commercial preparation was well tolerated, and was effective at higher doses, but placebo in this trial reduced migraines by over 50% in 49% of the patients (Neurology 2004
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
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The trial of Thomas Lenargan, for the murder, by poison, of Thomas O'Flaherty, Esq at the King's Bench, on Monday the 19th of November, 1781. To which is added his dying declaration. Likewise Thunderstruck's remarks on the nature of giving absolution to criminals under sentence of death; with Candour's apology to Thunderstruck.
Lenargan, Thomas, -1781.Date: 1781- Books
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Serious admonitions to youth, in a short account of the life, trial, condemnation and execution. Of Mrs. Mary Channing. Who, for poisoning her husband, was burnt at Dorchester in the County of Dorset. On Thursday, March the 21st. [1706]. With Practical Reflections.
Date: 1706- Books
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Observations on the medical evidence given at the trial of Mary Hunter, for the alleged murder of her husband by arsenic, at Liverpool Spring assizes, 1843, in reply to certain portions of Mr P.H. Holland's pamphlet / by Thomas W. Dyson.
Dyson, Thomas W.Date: 1843- Books
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Circumstances of the death of Mr. Scawen, with genuine particulars relative to Miss Jenny Butterfield, now under confinement, and charged with the murder of that gentleman: Including a Relation of the Origin of her Family-The Particulars of her Seduction and Connections, and the Manner in which Mr. Scawen was really poisoned; With anecdotes of Mr. M-, the brewer, and Captain ----
Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
A 17th century poisoning case / by Mary H. Lakie, George Cook and David MacMurray.
Lakie, Mary H.Date: 1976- Books
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The trial of John Donellan, Esq. (late Master of the Ceremonies at the Pantheon, &c.) for the murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton, Bart. by poison; before Mr. Justice Buller, on Friday, March 30, 1781, at Warwick. Taken in short hand, by a gentleman of the law.
Donellan, John, -1781.Date: [1781]- Books
The trial of Robert Sawle Donnall, surgeon and apothecary, late of Falmouth, in the county of Cornwall, for the wilful murder by poison, of Mrs. Elizabeth Downing, widow, his mother-in-law, at the Assize at Launceton, for the county aforesaid, on Monday, March 31, 1817 ... / Taken in short-hand by Alexander Frazer.
Donnall, Robert Sawle.Date: 1817- Books
The age of arsenic : being an account of the life, trial, and execution of Catherine Montvoisin, known as La Voisin ... / [William Branch Johnson].
Johnson, W. Branch (William Branch), 1893-Date: [1931]- Digital Images
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Galanthus nivalis L. Amaryllidaceae Snowdrop. Hardy, bulbous herb. Distribution: Europe. A chemical, galantamine, is sourced principally from the Caucasian snowdrop, Galanthus woronowii but is present in our ‘English’ snowdrop and related genera. It is a competitive, reversible, acetylcholinesterase inhibitor so increases brain acetylcholine, a chemical of great importance in cerebral function. As such it has been recommended for ameliorating the symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, but not for mild cognitive impairment as in US clinical trials there was an increased mortality. Johnson (Gerard, 1633) calls it the bulbous violet, Viola theophrasti
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Report of the trial of Mrs. Gilmour, for the alleged murder of her husband : with an appendix containing the medical reports, and other documents founded on at the trial, and an account of the proceedings before the President and courts of America, relative to her arrest and surrender to the British authorities, under the Ashburton Treaty. To which is prefixed, a notice of her life.
Date: 1844- Videos
Pain, pus and poison.
Date: 2013- Books
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The history of the most remarkable tryals in Great Britain and Ireland, in capital cases; Viz. Heresy, Treason, Felony, Incest, Poisoning, Adultery, Rapes, Sodomy, Witchcraft, Pyracy, Murder, Robbery, &c. Both by the unusual Methods of Ordeal, Combat, and Attainder; and by the Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Common Laws of these Realms. Faithfully extracted from Records, and other Authentick Authorities, as well Manuscript as Printed. In two volumes.
Date: M.DCC.XXV. [1725]