41. At the trial the defense attorneys tried to blame her death on the absinthe and not the overdose of chloral hydrate. 42. Strauss quickly diagnosed that Waugh's delusions arose from poisoning by his sleeping drugs, and substituted paraldehyde for chloral . 43. He later said she had lethal doses of both Nembutal or Chloral hydrate and she could have been killed by either. 44. Marshall admitted that he had also prescribed chloral hydrate to his recently deceased wife, Faye, as a headache medicine. 45. He was frustrated by chloral hydrate because sometimes it didn't sedate the children well enough to complete a hearing test. 46. Today, the use of chloral hydrate has declined as other agents, including barbiturates and benzodiazepines, have largely replaced them. 47. Also included is recommended dosage and the phrase " drink up ! " . ( Chloral hydrate is a strong sedative ). 48. Chloral Hydrate is a commonly prescribed sedative, and most common for inducing sleep in young children and infants for AEP recordings.49. According to biographer Jean-Paul Goujon, Vivien suffered from chronic gastritis, due to years of chloral hydrate and alcohol abuse. 50. In January 1891, unable to work and apparently suffering from persecution mania, he committed suicide with an overdose of chloral hydrate.
