ALLEGED MURDER BY POISONING WITH ARSENIC.

[Murder by metaldehyde poisoning].

Arsenic poisoning: acute or chronic? Suicide or murder?

The case of the death by arsenic poisoning of a 62-year-old white man is presented. One year prior to death, he developed intermittent bouts of severe gastroenteritis with vomiting and diarrhea, hyperpigmentation and keratosis of the skin, neutropenia, and Guillain-Barré-like neuropathy for which he was hospitalized several times. Urine test results 6 months prior to death indicating 36 mg/L ar...

Poisoning by Red Arsenic

On the following morning they all seemed to get better, except one or two who complained of headache, burning sensation of the body and constantthirst. These symptoms were easily relieved by the administration of dilute Sulphuric acid in ten drop doses in an ounce of water every 2 hours. On the 6th July they were all discharged from the hospital cured. The history of the above case was the foll...

Polish police hold health workers over alleged murder of patients.

Homicidal arsenic poisoning.

The case of a 50-year-old man who died mysteriously after being admitted to hospital is reported. He had raised the possibility of being poisoned prior to his death. A Coroner's post-mortem did not reveal the cause of death but this was subsequently established by post-mortem trace element analysis of liver, urine, blood and hair all of which revealed very high arsenic concentrations.