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so, think about this, let's say you have your average assassin, and they keep all their poisons for killing people in a nice little cupboard, arranged in alphabetical order, and neatly labelled. now, the important bit, what if one day they forget to replace one of their poisons, and it goes out of date, it's already poisonous, things tend to become poisonous when they go off, but occasionally medicines become less potent, and poisons are similar to medicines in many ways, so... when poisons go out of date, do they become more poisonous or less poisonous?
think about it.
Do you have a favorite poem or any piece of poetry you like?
Hi!
Yes, well for now this is my current favourite poem/rhyme:
I have a deadly nightshade
So twisted does it grow
With berries black as midnight
And skull as white as snow.
The vicar's cocky young son
Came to drink my tea
He touched me without asking
Now he's buried 'neath the tree.
-This is "Girls Skipping Rhyme" from Chokely in Wynterset
Thank you so much for asking!!
-Asena Rawlin
Poison list
While it's important to approach writing with creativity and imagination, it's crucial to prioritize responsible and ethical storytelling. That being said, if you're looking for information on poisons for the purpose of writing fiction, it's essential to handle the subject matter with care and accuracy. Here is a list of some common poisons that you can use in your stories:
Hemlock: Hemlock is a highly poisonous plant that has been used as a poison in various works of literature. It can cause paralysis and respiratory failure.
Arsenic: Arsenic is a toxic element that has been historically used as a poison. It can be lethal in high doses and can cause symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, and organ failure.
Cyanide: Cyanide is a fast-acting poison that affects the body's ability to use oxygen. It can cause rapid loss of consciousness and cardiac arrest.
Nightshade: Nightshade plants, such as Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade, contain toxic compounds that can cause hallucinations, respiratory distress, and even death.
Ricin: Ricin is a potent poison derived from the castor bean plant. It can cause organ failure and has been used as a plot device in various fictional works.
Strychnine: Strychnine is a highly toxic alkaloid that affects the nervous system, leading to muscle spasms, convulsions, and respiratory failure.
Snake Venom: Various snake venoms can be used in fiction as deadly poisons. Different snake species have different types of venom, each with its own effects on the body.
Belladonna: Also known as Deadly Nightshade, Belladonna contains tropane alkaloids such as atropine and scopolamine. Ingesting or even touching the plant can lead to symptoms like blurred vision, hallucinations, dizziness, and an increased heart rate.
Digitalis: Digitalis, derived from the foxglove plant, contains cardiac glycosides. It has been historically used to treat heart conditions, but in high doses, it can be toxic. Overdosing on digitalis can cause irregular heart rhythms, nausea, vomiting, and visual disturbances.
Lead: Lead poisoning, often resulting from the ingestion or inhalation of lead-based substances, has been a concern throughout history. Lead is a heavy metal that can affect the nervous system, leading to symptoms such as abdominal pain, cognitive impairment, anemia, and developmental issues, particularly in children.
Mercury: Mercury is a toxic heavy metal that has been used in various forms throughout history. Ingesting or inhaling mercury vapors can lead to mercury poisoning, causing symptoms like neurological impairment, kidney damage, respiratory issues, and gastrointestinal problems.
Aconite: Also known as Wolfsbane or Monkshood, aconite is a highly toxic plant. Its roots and leaves contain aconitine alkaloids, which can affect the heart and nervous system. Ingesting aconite can lead to symptoms like numbness, tingling, paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias, and respiratory failure.
Thallium: Thallium is a toxic heavy metal that can cause severe poisoning. It has been used as a poison due to its tastelessness and ability to mimic other substances. Thallium poisoning can lead to symptoms like hair loss, neurological issues, gastrointestinal disturbances, and damage to the kidneys and liver.
When incorporating poisons into your writing, it is essential to research and accurately portray the effects and symptoms associated with them. Additionally, be mindful of the potential impact your writing may have on readers and the importance of providing appropriate context and warnings if necessary.
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Cyanide Poison
Let's start by understanding exactly how cyanide kills you. In simple terms, cyanide prevents cells from using oxygen to make energy molecules.
The cyanide ion, CN-, binds to the iron atom in cytochrome C oxidase in the mitochondria of cells. It acts as an irreversible enzyme inhibitor, preventing cytochrome C oxidase from doing its job, which is to transport electrons to oxygen in the electron transport chain of aerobic cellular respiration. Now unable to use oxygen, the mitochondria can't produce the energy carrier adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Tissues that require this form of energy, such as heart, muscle cells, and nerve cells, quickly expend all their energy and start to die. When a large enough number of critical cells die, you expire as well. Death usually results from respiratory or heart failure.
Immediate aymptoms include headaches, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, lack of coordination, and rapid heart rate. Long exposure symptoms include unconsciousness, convulsions, respiratory failure, coma and death.
A person exposed to cyanide may have cherry-red skin from high oxygen levels, or dark blue coloring, from Prussian blue (iron-binding to the cyanide ion). In addition to this, skin and body fluids may give off an almond odor.
The antidotes for cyanide include sodium nitrite, hydroxocobalamin, and sodium thiosulfate.
A high dose of inhaled cyanide is lethal too quickly for any treatment to take effect, but ingested cyanide or lower doses of inhaled cyanide may be countered by administering antidotes that detoxify cyanide or bind to it. For example, hydroxocobalamin, natural vitamin B12, reacts with cyanide to form cyanocobalamin, which leaves the body in urine.
These antidotes are administrated via injection, or IV infusion.
Cyanide is actually a lot more common than you'd think. It's in pesticides, fumigants, plastics, and electroplating, among other things. However, not all cyanide are so poisonous. Sodium cyanide (NaCN), potassium cyanide (KCN), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), and cyanogen chloride (CNCl) are lethal, but thousands of compounds called nitriles contain the cyanide group, yet aren't as toxic. They still aren't terribly good for you, so I wouldn't go around ingesting other cyanide compounds, but they're not quite as dangerous as the lethal kind.
Thank you for reading, have a lovely day :)
got called into the living room because "they're talking about something you'll like on tv" and it was a documentary about arsenic poisoning
Yet another CS Whumptober Fic about Player
Summary:
In the short time Player's been imprisoned, he's already learned not to give his captors a reaction to his suffering. Unfortunately, that's not exactly possible when one of them is intent on playing a special kind of game with him, one with consequences that could kill Player.
(Made for Whumptober Day 22, Pick Your Poison, and the prompt "Toxic")
learning about poisonous plants is way more entertaining than I’d anticipated. The instructor is like “so anticholinergics can kill you, but we can use this cholinergic plant (that can also kill you, but in a cholinergic way) as treatment in clinical settings :)”
like imagine eating belladonna and the solution being “here, have some more poisonous berries” it feels like the equivalent to finding someone who is freezing to death and the solution being to set them on fire. I love it.
(suffice to say that none of this is medical advice btw, if you want to learn about poisonous plants please learn it from proper sources and not tumblr shitposts 😭)
Drowning is quick, BUT! It can hurt really bad.... Personal experience.
Not sure if you've shared with the class yet but what is the best poison for a quick death?
Quickest way to die is vaporize yourself. Jump off a cliff. I've heard drowning isn't that unpleasant. Poisons...
Overdosing on a sedative is the most painless way I can think of... relatively quick too. Mushrooms are pretty quick if you get the right ones. Depends on what type of death you're looking for.