Abstract
Let us begin our discussion of the proof that a murder by poison has been committed by discussing the proper utilization of the services of an analytical toxicology laboratory, because they will play a key role in the detection of the crime.
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”—Sherlock Holmes (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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Browne GL, Stewart CG: Reports of Trials for Murder by Poisoning. Stevens and Sons, London, 1883.
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Trestrail, J.H. (2000). Proving Poisoning. In: Criminal Poisoning. Forensic Science and Medicine. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-023-0_7
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