TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1879//
TI  - Was it poisoning by chloroform?
JO  - The Chicago medical journal and examiner
A1  - O'Connell, P.
SP  - 379
EP  - 382
VL  - 39
IS  - 4
N2  - On Thursday evening, August 14, 1879, R. S.. aged 27, single, spare habit, and healthy, purchased a fluid ounce of chloroform. For a few weeks previous he had been despondent, and drank rather freely of both alcohol and absinthe. In three letters, pronounced to be in his handwriting, to as many different persons, he expressed a determination to commit suicide. It is not known what use he made of the chloroform. He is supposed to have taken it internally<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -