The cause of death was arsenic poisoning and an autopsy found trace amounts of strychnine and other chemicals in his body.

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Nor can they say precisely how much strychnine is in each tablet.

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She died an agonising and slow death at home which, though it was never proved, bore all the hallmarks of poisoning by strychnine.

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The last person to be hanged at Hull Prison was Ethel Major in 1934, who was convicted of killing her husband Arthur by poisoning his corned beef with strychnine.

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Strychnine is a natural remedy!

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From Stone Age hunters tripping on psychedelics to Roman gladiators drunk on herbal stimulants to long distance runners cooking up cocktails of strychnine and brandy (which helped American Tom Hicks win the 1904 Olympic marathon) the history of sport is the history of drugs in sport.

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