The Heir of the Family

263 - The Sweet and Bitter Memory

In 1888, a German scientist named Peter H. Stillmark first tried testing the activity of castor oil seed extract which can have a clotting effect on red blood cells. But the latter study found that it is the effect of some kind of protein enzyme which is now known by the name Ricin.

And yes, this is the kind of chemical substance which is 6000 times more deadly than cyanide toxicity. And the thing that makes it even more efficient for assassination is that it doesn’t give immediate lethal symptoms like other types of poison.

Exposure to this poison through the digestive tract will cause initial symptoms such as diarrhea, dehydration, low blood pressure, hallucinations, and blood in the urine. Maybe the person who is inflicted will cough after three hours, and then gets nausea or diarrhea within 24 hours.

If one consumes lethal doses of this poison, he may be dead within 72 hours due to the clotting of red blood cells. And the thing is, the information about the symptoms of Ricin on hu