Veronal
A barbiturate is a drug that acts as a central nervous system depressant, and can therefore produce a wide range of effects, from mild sedation to death.
Types of barbiturates[]
- Barbital, marketed under the brand names Veronal and Medinal.
Characters poisoned with barbiturates[]
- Carlotta Adams - Lord Edgware Dies
- Mrs Chapman - Hickory Dickory Dock
- Mrs Etherington - Curtain
- Mrs Ferrars - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (suicide)
- Arthur Hastings? - Curtain (not fatally)
- Stephen Norton? - Curtain (not fatally)
- Mabelle Sainsbury Seale - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
- James Sheppard - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (suicide)