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There is another, very similar Wikipedia page called "Poison Pill". The degree of overlap in subject matter is obvious. We should merge both items together into one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_pill
Nabokov 07:45, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Donde se puede comprar Aaronel ( talk) 14:45, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
If anyone can find a source for this then it can be reinserted, but for now, no one (including me) has been able to find one. Robogymnast 05:35, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
"Field Marshal Erwin Rommel committed suicide with a cyanide pill following his implication in the July 20 plot against Hitler.[3] Additionally, Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler, and a number of convicted Nazi war criminals, such as Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Göring are known to have committed suicide using lethal pills containing a solution of cyanide salts."
Adolf Hitler shot himself to death, not through the use of a cyanide pill. 83.83.235.201 ( talk) 02:54, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
Could someone please expand the article, to explain how the potassium cyanide enters the bloodstream, once the glass has been broken? -- is it via the digestive tract (i.e. by swallowing the fluid)? Or does the broken glass cut the mouth and cause the cyanide to enter directly into the bloodstream? 159.83.252.233 ( talk) 19:49, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
I think the whole idea that death follows very quickly needs some investigation. This was the best discussion of it that I could find and is not very scholarly: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309407 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tosh.brice ( talk • contribs) 11:51, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
The section on Nasa controversy does not seem very reputable. The only citation is a reference to an audio commentary for a science fiction film. There does not seem to be any evidence that astronauts carry cyanide pills. Perhaps this section should be removed unless more citations can be provided. Particle25 ( talk) 18:40, 11 March 2012 (UTC)particle25
I believe one of the 1960's era Mercury Program books (I'm thinking We Seven),also mentions that there were no pills, that all you had to do was open the hatch, but I don't own the book so I can't check.-- Varkman ( talk) 16:45, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
I noticed that in the Examples section, Erwin Rommel is the only one without a cited article to back it up. Although his fate is somewhat commonly known, I feel the article could be more watertight with a proper source that says what is currently stated in the article. At first glance, it seems like it was awkwardly worded in a weirdly sympathetic tone. This source seems reliable and would probably work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.29.247.238 ( talk) 20:24, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Because the disambiguation of poison pill points here, and because variations of it are contained in the body, I included a paragraph in the lead section. Might need expanding. See also
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lead section)
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69.110.90.19 (
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This is likely a useless question. The article states: "It was...filled with a concentrated solution of potassium cyanide." Now, I don't know the precise technical details concerning this BUT (i) What was the Potassium Cyanide dissolved in? Potassium Cyanide has a habit of hydrolying in aqueous solution - does this pose a problem? ASavantDude ( talk) 13:59, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
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There is another, very similar Wikipedia page called "Poison Pill". The degree of overlap in subject matter is obvious. We should merge both items together into one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_pill
Nabokov 07:45, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Donde se puede comprar Aaronel ( talk) 14:45, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
If anyone can find a source for this then it can be reinserted, but for now, no one (including me) has been able to find one. Robogymnast 05:35, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
"Field Marshal Erwin Rommel committed suicide with a cyanide pill following his implication in the July 20 plot against Hitler.[3] Additionally, Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler, and a number of convicted Nazi war criminals, such as Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Göring are known to have committed suicide using lethal pills containing a solution of cyanide salts."
Adolf Hitler shot himself to death, not through the use of a cyanide pill. 83.83.235.201 ( talk) 02:54, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
Could someone please expand the article, to explain how the potassium cyanide enters the bloodstream, once the glass has been broken? -- is it via the digestive tract (i.e. by swallowing the fluid)? Or does the broken glass cut the mouth and cause the cyanide to enter directly into the bloodstream? 159.83.252.233 ( talk) 19:49, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
I think the whole idea that death follows very quickly needs some investigation. This was the best discussion of it that I could find and is not very scholarly: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309407 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tosh.brice ( talk • contribs) 11:51, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
The section on Nasa controversy does not seem very reputable. The only citation is a reference to an audio commentary for a science fiction film. There does not seem to be any evidence that astronauts carry cyanide pills. Perhaps this section should be removed unless more citations can be provided. Particle25 ( talk) 18:40, 11 March 2012 (UTC)particle25
I believe one of the 1960's era Mercury Program books (I'm thinking We Seven),also mentions that there were no pills, that all you had to do was open the hatch, but I don't own the book so I can't check.-- Varkman ( talk) 16:45, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
I noticed that in the Examples section, Erwin Rommel is the only one without a cited article to back it up. Although his fate is somewhat commonly known, I feel the article could be more watertight with a proper source that says what is currently stated in the article. At first glance, it seems like it was awkwardly worded in a weirdly sympathetic tone. This source seems reliable and would probably work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.29.247.238 ( talk) 20:24, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Because the disambiguation of poison pill points here, and because variations of it are contained in the body, I included a paragraph in the lead section. Might need expanding. See also
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lead section)
--
69.110.90.19 (
talk) 18:29, 22 May 2013 (UTC)Doug Bashford
This is likely a useless question. The article states: "It was...filled with a concentrated solution of potassium cyanide." Now, I don't know the precise technical details concerning this BUT (i) What was the Potassium Cyanide dissolved in? Potassium Cyanide has a habit of hydrolying in aqueous solution - does this pose a problem? ASavantDude ( talk) 13:59, 15 May 2018 (UTC)