Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys (27 page)

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POISONERS THROUGHOUT HISTORY

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Addington A:
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Alstadt JR:
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Amos A:
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Anderson C:
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Anonymous:
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Anonymous:
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Anonymous:
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Bardens D:
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Barfield V:
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Barker D:
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Barnes DN, Hevenor WS:
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Barnesby N:
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Benezech M, Pellet C: Trois empoisonnements devant les Assies de la Gironde au XXe siecle, ou les experts, l’arsenic et les vieilles dentelles [Three poisonings in front of the Assizes of the Gironde in the 20th century, or the experts, of the arsenic and the ancient lace].
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Black L:
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Blackburn DJ:
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Blandy M:
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Bloom U:
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Blyth H:
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Borowitz A: The Crippen scandal.
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Bouchardon P:
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Boyd JP, Hemphill WE:
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Boyne J:
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Brabin A:
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Brackett DW:
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Bradford S:
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Bradshaw JS:
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Brenner J:
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Bridges Y:
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Bridges Y:
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Brookes CJR:
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Brouardel P:
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Brown W:
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Greenberg Pub, New York, NY, 1952.

Browne DG: The Crippen Case. In:
The Scalpel of Scotland Yard: The Life of Sir Bernard Spilsbury
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Browne D, Tullet T:
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Browne GL, Stewart CG:
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Browne GL, Stewart CG:
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Palmer, Dove, Madeline Smith, Dr. Pritchard, Smethurst, and Dr. Lamson
. Stevens & Sons, London, 1883.

Buchanan AJ:
The Trial of Ronald Geeves Griggs
. Famous Australian Trials, The Law Book Comp. of Australia, Sydney, 1930.

Budge EAW:
Amulets and Talismans
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Burney IA: A poisoning of no substance: the trials of medicolegal proof in mid-Victorian England.
J Br Studies
1999;38–92 (contains a discussion of the William Palmer case).

Butler GL:
Madelaine Smith—Poisoner?
Duckworth, England, 1935.

Cabanès A, Nass L:
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Cabanès A, Nass L:
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