Nux Vomica, 5 } 12 Strychnine, 7 } { Opium, 6 } Opiates { Laudanum, 3 } 10 { Sedative Water, 1 } Salts of Mercury, 8 Sulphate of Iron, 6 Preparations of Antimony, 5 Ammonia, 4 Cyanides {Prussic Acid, 2 } {Cyanide of Potassium, 2 } 4 Hellebore, 3 Datura Stramonium, 3 Powdered Glass, 3 Digitalin, 2 Potash, 2 Sulphate of Zinc, 2 Eau de Javelle (a solution of Hypochlorite of Potash), 1 Tincture of Iodine, 1 Croton Oil, 1 Nicotine, 1 Belladonna, 1 “Baume Fiovarenti,” 1 Euphorbia, 1 Acetate of Lead, 1 Carbonic Acid Gas, 1 Laburnum Seeds, 1 Colchicum, 1 Mushrooms, 1 Sulphuric Ether, 1 --- Total, 867 === It hence may be concluded, according to these statistics of criminal poisoning, that of 1000 attempts in France, either to injure or to destroy human life by poison, the following is the most probable selective order:--