The History of Poison Hodgepodge History

This week's episode is about the strange history of poison, both intentional and accidental. Enjoy!





https://www.novelsuspects.com/articles/meet-the-woman-who-killed-over-600-men-giulia-tofana/



https://slate.com/technology/2006/04/a-history-of-poison.html



https://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2012/feb/24/1



https://sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/arsenic/arsenic-a-murderous-history/



https://www.bionity.com/en/encyclopedia/History_of_poison.html



https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-deadliest-poisons-in-history-and-why-people-stoppe-5942161



https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-609/aconite





https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/socrates#:~:text=Socrates%20was%20accused%20of%20corrupting,executioner's%20cup%20of%20poisonous%20hemlock.



https://www.poison.org/articles/why-is-monkshood-considered-a-poison--174





https://www.healthline.com/health/hemlock-poisoning#treatment



https://slate.com/technology/2014/08/poisonous-plants-socrates-drank-hemlock-tea-as-his-preferred-mode-of-execution.html



https://medium.com/@editors_91459/meet-the-woman-who-poisoned-makeup-to-help-over-600-women-murder-their-husbands-cfb03929c36d



https://time.com/4982099/quackery-medicine-history/





https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgajpd/medicina%20antiqua/sa_poisons.html



https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23174/5-classic-poisons-and-people-who-used-them



https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Strychnine#section=Other-Experimental-Properties

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/arsenic



https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20120325/arsenic-medicinal-double-edged-sword



https://jmvh.org/article/arsenic-the-poison-of-kings-and-the-saviour-of-syphilis/



https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opinion/syphilis-and-the-use-of-mercury



https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opinion/syphilis-and-the-use-of-mercury





https://www.livescience.com/37390-antimony.html#:~:text=Word%20origin%3A%20Antimony%20was%20named,was%20likely%20used%20even%20earlier.





https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/51/antimony



https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318180



https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/504802/5-dubious-historical-antidotes-poison-and-what-actually-works



https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/jul/07/toxic-legacy-a-brief-history-of-poison-remedies