Ricin immunogenic in mice, rabbits, and humans. It has completed two successful clinical trials. Ricin has been involved in a number of incidents. In 1978, the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated by Bulgarian secret police who surreptitiously shot him on a London street with a modified umbrella using compressed gas to fire a tiny pellet contaminated with ricin into his leg. He died in a hospital a few days later and his body was passed to a special poison branch of the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) that discovered the pellet during an autopsy. The prime suspects were the Bulgarian
Hielanman's Umbrella Hielanman's Umbrella The Hielanman's Umbrella () is a landmark in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the local Glaswegian nickname for the glass walled railway bridge which carries the platforms of Glasgow Central station across Argyle Street. Due to the forced displacement of people during the second phase of the Highland clearances in the 19th century, 30,000 highlanders who spoke Scottish Gaelic but not English came to Glasgow to find work. When arriving in the city they were housed in many different areas of Glasgow. Over many years highlanders continued to arrive and began to keep in touch by