Chapter Four
Santos means “Saint” in Spanish.
Neske means “sacred, chaste” in Dutch.
Appelhof means “apple garden” or “apple courtyard” in Dutch.
A medical account of a thallium poisoning death by suicide:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576490/
An account and general discussion of using thallium as an intentional poison.
https://www.nj.com/news/2011/02/thallium_is_favored_method_of.html
Saddam Hussein used thallium sulfate to kill his own countrymen who opposed his regime.
A sad story of a survivor of thallium poisoning who is blind and disabled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-GE5lyumEo
A detailed clinical discussion of thallium poisoning
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/821465-overview
The dual M.D./Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia Medical School