Illustrated talk on Smethurst's Luck...
The talk is extracted from the book and covers the following topics:
The talk is extracted from the book and covers the following topics:
- Thomas Smethurst's family background and education
- 'The Water Cure'
- Smethurst is converted to the merits of the Water Cure
- He meets Isabella Bankes
- They marry and she falls ill and dies
- Smethurst is convicted of murdering Isabella with poison and is sentenced to death
- Outcry in the press: equivocal medical evidence, bungled toxicology and a biased judge..