A Few Unusual Cases of Poisoning
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Case 1.?A Hindu female from district Warangal, Hyderabad (July 1940), killed her husband by giving him a drink containing ground Bhilawan (marking nut) and snake poison. No snake poison was detected but Bhilawan was detected on a stone on which it was ground and in the remnant of the prepared poison which she said she gave to her husband. It could not be detected in earth soiled with vomited matter nor
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