Chloral
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| #A [[colourless]] [[narcotic]] liquid, trichloro-acetaldehyde, CCl<sub>3</sub>CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces [[chloral hydrate]]. | #A [[colourless]] [[narcotic]] liquid, trichloro-acetaldehyde, CCl<sub>3</sub>CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces [[chloral hydrate]]. | ||
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| - | *[[Marilyn Monroe]] had chloral hydrate in her possession, and it has been speculated that it contributed to her death. | ||
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| - | *[[Hank Williams]] came under the spell of a man calling himself "Doctor" Toby Marshall (actually a paroled forger), who often supplied him with prescriptions and injections of chloral hydrate, which Marshall claimed was a pain reliever. | ||
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| - | *[[William S. Burroughs]] was expelled from school for experimenting with chloral hydrate along with another pupil. The incident is detailed in the writer's foreword to [[Junkie (novel)|Junkie]]. | ||
| - | *[[Mary Todd Lincoln]] was given chloral hydrate for sleep problems. See ''Mary Todd Lincoln'' by Jean Baker and ''Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln'', by Janis Cooke Newman. | ||
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| - | *[[André Gide]] (1869-1951) was also given chloral hydrate as a boy for sleep problems by a quack doctor named Lizart. Gide states in his autobiography, ''[[If It Die...]]'' that "all my later weaknesses of will or memory I attribute to him." | ||
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| - | ''If It Die…An Autobiography'' | ||
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- A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloro-acetaldehyde, CCl3CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate.
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