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History of Poisoning

History of Poisoning

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Who was poisoned by Locusta?

Claudius Britannicus

What poison did Locusta use?

Amanita phalloides, Cyanide

What poison did Cesare Borgia use?

La Cantarella (Arsenic/Phosphorus)

What poison did Madame Giulia Toffana use?

<p>Aqua toffana (arsenic trioxide)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Marie Lefarge use?

<p>Arsenic (first use of the Marsh Test)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did William Palmer use?

<p>Strychnine</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Edmond de la Pommerais use?

<p>Digitalis</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Edward William Pritchard use?

<p>Antimony</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Adelaide Bartlett use?

<p>Chloroform</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Florence Maybrick use?

<p>Arsenic</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Thomas Neville Cream use?

<p>Strychnine</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Hawley Harvey Crippen use?

<p>Hyoscine</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Nannie Doss use?

<p>Arsenic</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Carl Coppolino use?

<p>Succinylcholine</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Graham Frederick Young use?

<p>Thallium, Antimony</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Judias V. Buenoano use?

<p>Arsenic</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Ronald Clark O'Bryan use?

<p>Cyanide</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did person who killed Georgi Markov use?

<p>Ricin</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Jim Jones use?

<p>Cyanide</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Harold Shipman use?

<p>Heroin</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did George Trepal use?

<p>Thallium</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Michael Swango use?

<p>Succinylcholine, Potassium chloride, Arsenic</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison did Charles Cullen use?

<p>Digoxin</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poison was used to poison Viktor Yushchenko?

<p>Dioxin</p> Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards

Locusta's victims

Roman poisoner; poisoned Claudius and Britannicus.

La Cantarella

The Borgia family's signature poison, rumored to contain arsenic and phosphorus.

Giulia Toffana

Italian professional poisoner who sold poison to women wanting to become widows.

Marchioness de Brinvilliers

Poisoner who used arsenic, lead, mercury, antimony and copper on patients, her father and husband

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La poudre de succession

Substance used by Catherine Deshayes to poison over 2000 infants and numerous husbands

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Marie Lefarge's poison

The poison used by Marie Lefarge, detected by the Marsh Test

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William Palmer's poison

Poison used by William Palmer on a fellow gambler

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Edmond de la Pommerais' poison

Poison used by Edmond de la Pommerais on his patient/mistress

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Edward William Pritchard's poison

Poison used by Edward William Pritchard on his wife.

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Adelaide Bartlett's poison

Poison possibly used to kill Adelaide Bartlett's husband.

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Florence Maybrick's poison

Poison used by Florence Maybrick on her husband.

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Thomas Nevel Cream's poison

Poison used by Thomas Nevel Cream on prostitutes

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Hawley Harvey Crippen's poison

Poison used by Hawley Harvey Crippen on his wife.

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Nannie Doss's poison

Poison used by Nannie Doss to kill 11 relatives.

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Carl Coppolino's poison

Poison used by Carl Coppolino on his wife.

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Graham Frederick Young

Poisoner who used Thallium and Antimony to kill his stepmother and coworkers

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Judias Buenoano's poison

Poison used by Judias Buenoano on her husband and son.

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Ronald Clark O'Bryan's poison

Poison used by Ronald Clark O'Bryan to kill his son.

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Georgi Markov's poison

Poison used by Poisoner to kill Georgi Markov

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Jim Jones's poison

Poison used by Jim Jones to kill 911 people in a mass suicide

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Harold Shipman's poison

Poison used by Harold Shipman on his patients

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George Trepal's poison

Poison uesd by George Trepal on his neighbors

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Michael Swango

Poisoner who used Succinylcholine, Potassium chloride, and Arsenic on patients.

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Charles Cullen's poison

Poison used by Charles Cullen on his patients.

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Viktor Yushchenko's poison

Poison that Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with

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Locusta

Physician who poisoned Claudius and Britannicus

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Cesare Borgia

Family known for using poison for political gain.

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Marchioness de Brinvilliers

French noblewoman who poisoned hospital patients, her father and husband

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Catherine Deshayes

French fortune teller who sold poison to kill infants and husbands.

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William Palmer

Physician who used Strychnine to poison a fellow gambler

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Study Notes

Locusta poisoned Claudius Britannicus with Amanita phalloides/Cyanide around A.D. 54-55.
Cesare Borgia poisoned Cardinals and Kings in the 1400s using La Cantarella (Arsenic/Phosphorus).
Catherine de Medici poisoned poor/sick criminals from 1519-1589 using unknown agents.
Madame Giulia Toffana, who died in 1719, poisoned more than 600 people using Aqua toffana (arsenic trioxide).
Marchioness de Brinvilliers, who died in 1676, poisoned hospitalized patients, her husband, and her father, using arsenic, lead, mercury, antimony, and copper.
Catherine Deshayes died in 1680, poisoned over 2000 infants and many husbands using La poudre de succession (arsenic mixed with aconite, belladonna, and opium).
In 1839, Marie Lefarge poisoned her husband using arsenic; this was the first use of the Marsh Test.
William Palmer, a physician, poisoned a fellow gambler in 1855 using strychnine.
Edmond de la Pommerais, MD, poisoned his patient/mistress in 1863 using digitalis.
In 1865, Edward William Pritchard, MD, poisoned his wife and mother-in-law using antimony.
In 1886, Adelaide Bartlett (acquitted) poisoned her husband using chloroform.
Florence Maybrick poisoned her husband in 1889 using arsenic.
Thomas Neville Cream, MD poisoned prostitutes in 1891 using strychnine.
In 1910, Hawley Harvey Crippen, MD, poisoned his wife using hyoscine.
Nannie Doss poisoned 11 relatives, including 5 husbands, in 1954 using arsenic.
Carl Coppolino, a physician, poisoned his wife in 1965 using succinylcholine.
Graham Frederick Young poisoned his stepmother and coworkers in 1971 using thallium and antimony.
In 1971, Judias V. Buenoano poisoned her husband and son using arsenic.
Ronald Clark O'Bryan poisoned his son and neighborhood children in 1974 using cyanide (in Halloween candy).
In 1978, an unknown person poisoned Georgi Markov (Bulgarian defector) using ricin.
Jim Jones poisoned 911 people in a mass suicide in 1978 using cyanide.
From 1974-1998, Harold Shipman (physician) poisoned his patients (up to 297 of them) using heroin.
George Trepal poisoned neighbors in 1988 using thallium.
Michael Swango (physician) poisoned hospitalized patients in the 1980s-1990s using succinylcholine, potassium chloride, and arsenic.
Charles Cullen, RN, poisoned hospitalized patients from the 1990s-2003 using digoxin.
In 2004, an unknown person poisoned Viktor Yushchenko (Ukrainian presidential candidate) using dioxin.

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