title: [Lethal intoxication with arsenic using prepared butter].
abstract: The present case report deals with a lethal intoxication with arsenic mixed into butter. It describes the course of events over about two days on the basis of the statements by the persons involved, the clinical findings after the belated hospitalisation of the victim, the results of the first pathological autopsy, the forensic autopsy performed after exhumation and the results of the chemical-toxicological investigations. The results are discussed in relation to the later confession of the female perpetrator and her statements regarding a previous unsuccessful murder attempt by poisoning. It also presents the judgement pronounced by the court and the reasons given for it.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: Jens-Peter
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.forename: Klaus-Peter
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Larsch
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teske
authors.forename: Hans Dieter
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Tröger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis*; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning / Q000473:pathology*; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002079:Butter / Q000032:analysis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000473:pathology; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D002079:Butter; D001151:Arsenic