I am an aspiring mystery writer working on my first novel. I need a poison database. Reply to Ref. 5 - 28Sept99. Poison is a substance which, when introduced into the body in small quantities, causes a sickness or death.
Poisoning is an ancient form of murder.
Royalty used food taster to prevent from being poisoned. A poisoning can be an accident, suicide or murder. In Illinois, if the victim is alive, the toxicology lab of the State's Department of Public Health analysis the poison. If the person is dead, the toxicology lab of the County Medical Examiners Office analysis the poison. If a person is found dead in bed with no signs of physical violence and an empty bottle of sleeping pills are on the night stand, the body and pill bottle will be sent to the county morgue where the medical examiner performs an autopsy and sends feces, vomitus, blood, bone, hair and organs samples, including the stomach to toxicology for analysis.