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Unravel the chilling case of an ‘Angel of Death’ who wielded digoxin with deadly precision—leaving behind hundreds of victims in hospital beds. But this isn’t the first time a so-called cure has been twisted into a tool for murder. Alexandra’s Tonic, a once-popular remedy, was laced with atropine—a compound derived from deadly nightshade—raising the question: was it truly medicine, or a sophisticated poison hiding in plain sight?

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A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury PhD

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