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INDEX.


/* Absorption, its extreme rapidity, Page[**F1: Retain word "Page?"] 15

-- action of poisons through, 17

-- effect of in removing poisons beyond the reach of analysis, 57

Acetatæ of lead, tests of, in its pure state, 398

-- -- -- process for detecting it in organic mixtures, 423

-- -- -- effects on the animal body.[** .] See Lead.

Acetates of copper, their tests, 350

-- -- morphia, its tests, 533

Acid, acetic, its tests in the pure and mixed state, 164

-- -- effects on man and animals, 165

Acid, arsenious, its chemical properties, 200

-- -- its taste, 200

-- -- its solubility in various menstrua, 201

-- -- its tests when in the solid state, 203

-- -- its tests when in solution, 206

-- -- its liquid tests give complete evidence conjunctly, not separately, 209

-- -- its tests when mixed with organic substances, 215

-- -- Marsh's process for, 211, 217

-- -- Reinsch's process for, 214, 216

-- -- process for by hydrosulphuric acid, 217

-- -- process for by Fresenius and Von Bab, 218

-- -- fallacies in the process for detecting, 219

-- -- its effects on the body. See Arsenic.

Acid, carbonic. See Gas.

-- carbazotic, a poison, 610

-- citric, not poisonous, 180

Acid, hydrochloric, tests for, in its pure and mixed state, 146

Acid, hydrocyanic, its action on the body, 582

-- -- rapidity of its action, 582, 590

-- -- acts in all its chemiical[**chemical] combinations[** .], 585

-- -- acts through every animal tissue, 584, 592

-- -- enters the blood and communicates its odour, 594

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/* Acid, hydrocyanic, why its odour is not always perceptible in the blood, Page[**Retain?] 594

-- -- contained in many plants, renders them poisonous, 600

-- -- its tests when pure, 578

-- -- process for detecting it in organic mixtures, 580

-- -- symptoms it induces in man, 587

-- -- may cause instant death, 582, 590

-- -- morbid appearances caused by it, 593

-- -- treatment of poisoning with, 596

Acid, meconic, its tests, 532

Acid, nitric, its tests in the pure and mixed state, 142, 143

-- -- process for stains produced by, 143

Acid, oxalic, its action on the animal body, 173

-- -- its morbid appearances, 177

-- -- symptoms caused by it in man, 173

-- -- its symptoms are occasionally of themselves complete proof of poisoning, 179

-- -- its tests when pure, 168

-- -- process for, in organic mixtures, 170

-- -- treatment of poisoning with, 178

Acid, phosphorous, a feeble poison, 152

-- -- sulpho-cyanic, not a poison, 587

Acid, sulphuric, its tests in the pure state, 123

-- -- process for it in the mixed state, 126

-- -- process for stains occasioned by, 125

-- -- action on animals, 128

-- -- morbid appearances, 135

-- -- the morbid appearances are at times of themselves complete proof of poisoning, 139

Acid, sulphuric, symptoms in man classified, 129

-- -- the symptoms are at times alone complete proof of poisoning, 135

-- -- throwing of, to disfigure or disable, is a capital crime, 122

-- -- treatment of poisoning with, 140

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/* Acid, sulphuric, effects of on the intestines after death, 139

Aconitina, the alkaloid of monkshood, 662

Aconitum, poisoning with, 662

Acrid poisons of the vegetable and animal kingdoms, 451

Action of poisons, 9

-- -- -- by absorption, 17

-- -- -- causes which modify the, 27

-- -- -- local, 9

-- -- -- remote, 11

-- -- -- organs acted on by the remote, 22

-- -- -- rapidity of the, 14, 582

-- -- -- through sympathy, 12

-- -- -- applied to the discovery of antidotes, 37

Administration of poison by prisoner, necessity of the proof of, on trials, 72

-- -- -- by prisoner, may be proved by pure medical evidence, 73

Æthusa, poisoning with, 662

Aggregation, state of, its effects on the action of poisons, 28

Alcohol, poisoning with, 725

-- morbid appearances induced by, 731

-- poisoning of with other poisons, 734

-- symptoms of poisoning with, in its several degrees, 725

-- treatment of poisoning with, 735

Alkalies and Alkaline salts, fixed, 180

-- -- -- -- their mode of action, 183

-- -- -- -- morbid appearances caused by them, 186

-- -- -- -- symptoms caused in man, several varieties of, 183

-- -- -- -- tests for, 181

-- -- -- -- treatment of poisoning with, 187

Alkaline sulphurets. See Sulphurets.

Almond. See Bitter-Almond.

Alum, effects of on man and animals, 509

Ammonia and its salts, tests of, 193

-- -- -- -- their effects on man and animals, 193

Ammoniacal gas, effects of, on man, 194

Amygdalus. See Bitter Almond.

Anemone, its effects as a poison, 463

Angustura-bark, false, its effects on man and animals, 692

Animal acrids, general observations on their effects, 470

Animal matter poisoned by disease, 487

-- -- poisonous from ordinary putrefaction, 490

-- -- poisonous from modified putrefaction, 492

Animals, evidence of poisoning from experiments on, 62

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/* Animals, effects of suspected articles of food on, 63

-- effects of suspected matters of vomiting or contents of stomach on, 67

-- experiments on, may illustrate physiological points disputed on trials, 71

-- various effects of poisons on different, 63

Antidotes, by what principles the search for them must be regulated, 37

Antimony, tests for its compounds, 367

-- tartrate of. See Tartar-emetic.

Apoplexy, distinction between it and narcotic poisoning, drawn from symptoms, 511

-- distinction between it and narcotic poisoning, drawn from morbid appearances, 514

-- congestive appearances of, 517

-- from extravasation, 517

-- serous, 517

-- simple, 515

Arseniate of potass, its tests, 224

Arsenic, tests for its compounds, 198

-- action of, illustrated by experiments on animals, 227

-- acts through all the animal tissues, 229

-- acts in all its chemical forms, except in the metallic state, 230

-- action of, is a little impaired by the effects of mixture--not by habit, 233

-- acts when applied to ulcers and eruptions, 251

-- acts when applied to the sound skin, 257

-- acts when introduced into the rectum, 253

-- acts when thrust into the vagina, 254

-- acts powerfully when inhaled, 254

-- does it exist in the blood of those poisoned with it?, 228

Arsenic, dose required to cause death, 232

-- morbid appearances caused by it, 262

-- morbid appearances sometimes not caused by it at all, 262

-- morbid appearances caused by it after death, 282

-- does it prevent the bodies of those poisoned with it from putrefying?, 273 273

-- symptoms it causes in man classified according to three varieties, 234

-- symptoms of, at times supply alone complete evidence of poisoning, 259

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/* Arsenic, symptoms of, occasionally very trifling, even where fatal, 286

-- symptoms of, how soon may they begin, and how long may they be delayed?, 234

-- symptoms of, how soon may they kill?, 239

-- symptoms of, how long may they last?, 248

-- treatment of poisoning with, 283

-- treatment of, no antidotes known, 285

-- changes it undergoes in the stomach after death, 268

-- metallic, not a poison, 230

-- oxide of. See Acid, arsenious.

-- sulphurets of. See Sulphurets.

Arsenite of copper, its tests, 223

-- -- -- seldom contained in mineral green, 223, 346

-- of potass, its tests, 223

Arseniuretted hydrogen, 227

-- -- its effects, 256

Arum maculatum, poisoning with, 465

Asagræa officinalis, 672

Atropa, poisoning with, 639

--- symptoms induced by it in man, 640

-- morbid appearances caused by it, 643

Atropia, alkaloid of belladonna, 639


Bacon, poisonous at times, 497

Baryta, poisoning with its compounds, 446

-- muriate of, tests for, 446

-- -- -- and carbonate, their effects on man and animals, 448

-- morbid appearances caused by, 450

-- treatment of poisoning with, 450

Bee, its poisonous sting, 487

Belladonna. See Atropa.

Bichloride of mercury. See Corrosive Sublimate.

Bicyanide of mercury, 303

Biliary ducts, rupture of, imitates irritant poisoning, 97

Bilious vomiting, imitates irritant poisoning, 100

Bismuth, poisoning with its compounds, 383

Bitartrate of potash, a poison in large doses, 507

Bitter-almond, its poisonous effects, 602

-- may cause death, 603

-- essential oil of, its effects as a poison, 604

-- essential oil of, its composition, 601

-- essential oil of, its formation, 602

Bitter-apple, poisoning with, 460

Bitter cassava, poisoning with, 457

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/* Bitter-sweet, a feeble poison, 576

Blood, discovery of poisons in the, 21

Boiling water, effects of, when swallowed, 505

-- -- causes cynanche laryngea, 506

Bombyx processionaria, its poisonous effects, 477

Brain, inflammation of its membranes, distinguished from narcotic poisoning, 523

-- inflammation of its substance, distinguished from narcotic poisoning, 524

-- hypertrophy of, distinguished from narcotic poisoning, 526

Bread, adulteration of, with the sulphate of copper, 354

-- effects of spoiled, 720

Bromine, tests for, 161

-- its effects on animals, 162

Brucea antidysenterica, not the False-Angustura tree, 692

Brucia, alkaloid of false angustura bark, 692

Bryony-root, effects of, on man and animals, 459


Calomel, its tests, 292

-- can it be considered an irritant poison?, 332

Calthapalustris[**,] its effects as a poison, 463

Camphor, its effects on animals, 694

-- morbid appearances caused by, 696

-- symptoms excited by, in man, 694

Cantharides, physical characters of, 471

-- action of, on animals, 471

-- morbid appearances caused by, 476

-- symptoms it excites in man, 472

-- treatment of poisoning with, 476

Carbonate of ammonia, 193

-- of baryta, tests of, 446

-- of lead, tests of, 398

-- of lead is formed on lead by the action of air and water,--and see Lead, 399

Carbonates of potass and soda, tests of, 181

Carbonic acid. See Gas.

Carbonic oxide gas, effects of, on man, 624

Carburetted-hydrogen gas, its effects on man, 622

Cassada, bitter, its effects, 457

Castor-oil-seeds, effects of, on man and animals, 456

Cerasus Lauro-cerasus. See Cherry-laurel.

Cevadilla, a poison, 672

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/* Cheese, occasionally poisonous without intentional adulteration, 494

Chemical analysis, evidence of general poisoning from, 54

-- -- may be rendered unavailing by vomiting and purging, 55

-- -- may be rendered useless by absorption, 57

-- -- may be fruitless[**typo (deleted third "s")], because the poison has been decomposed, 58

-- -- is often successful after long interment, 58

Chemical combination, its influence in modifying the operation of poisons, 28

Chemical decomposition, its effects in removing poisons beyond the reach of analysis, 58

Chemical evidence not always indispensable to the proof of poisoning, 59

Cherry-laurel water, a deadly poison, 605

-- essential oil of, is the same as the oil of bitter-almond, 605

-- effects of the distilled water and oil on animals and man, 605, 606

Chlorine, its effects on man and animals, 152, 616

Chloride of barium, 446

-- of iron, poisoning with, 392

Chlorides of soda, potassa and lime, their action as poisons, 191

Cholera imitates irritant poisons, and how to be distinguished, 100

-- its shortest duration, 101

-- supposed to have been caused by emanations from a cess-pool, 621

-- impairs the activity of some poisons, 35

-- malignant, how distinguished from irritant poisoning, 102

Chrome, poisoning with the compounds of, 385

Cicuta, its effects on man and animals, 662

Cinnabar, its tests, 290

Citric acid, not a poison, 180

Classification of poisons, 90

Cluster-cherry, its distilled water and essential oil are active poisons, 608

Cocculus indicus, its effects on man and animals, 696

Colchicum autumnale, effects of, on man, 674

Colchina, alkaloid of colchicum, 674

Cold water, death from drinking it, imitating irritant poisoning, 98

Colic, how it is distinguished from irritant poisoning, 109

Colica pictonum, causes of, 426, 431, 437

-- -- trades which are subject to suffer, 436

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/* Colica pictonum, precautions for preventing it in workmen, 443

Colocynth, effects of, on man and animals, 460

Common salt, a poison in very large doses, 508

Compound poisoning, 740

Conduct of prisoner, illustrated by medical evidence, may prove his guilt, 73

Conia, alkaloid of hemlock, 653

Conium, effects of, on man and animals, 654

Copper, poisoning with, 345

-- action of its compounds, 358

-- adulteration of bread with, 354

-- corrosion of, by articles of food and drink, 350, 353

-- corroded by saline solutions, 350

-- corroded by wine and vegetable acids, 352

-- corroded by fatty matters, 352

-- metallic, not poisonous, 360

-- morbid appearances caused by, 364

-- process for detecting its salts when pure, 346

-- process for detecting it in organic mixtures, 355

-- sulphuret not poisonous, unless long exposed to the air, 361

-- symptoms of poisoning with in man, 361

-- treatment of poisoning with, 365

-- contained in most vegetable substances, 355

-- is it contained in the blood of animals poisoned with it?, 360

Coriaria myrtifolia, poisoning with, 698

Corrosion caused by poisons, examples of, 9

Corrosive sublimate, action on animals. See Mercury.

-- -- action on dead intestine, 341

-- -- chemical properties of, 291

-- -- is decomposed by organic principles, 297

-- -- process for, in the solid state, 292

-- -- process by reduction when it is dissolved, 292

-- -- process by liquid tests when it is dissolved, 293

-- -- process for it in organic mixtures, 296

-- -- additional tests for it in the pure state, 294

-- -- symptoms caused by it in man. See Mercury.

Cream of tartar, a poison in large doses, 507

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/* Creasote, a poison, 739

Croton oil and seed, effects of, 459

Cuckow-pint, poisoning with, 465

Cupping-glasses, in the treatment of external poisoning, 38

Cyanide of mercury, tests for, 303

-- its effects on man, 332

Cyanogen gas, its effects on animals, 636

Cyanous acid, a feeble poison, 587

Cytisus Laburnum, its poisonous effects, 723


Daffodil, its effects as a poison, 467

Daphne, effects of its different species on man and animals, 465

Darnel-grass, its effects on man, 721

Datura, poisoning with, 644

Daturia, alkaloid of thorn-apple, 645

Dead-tongue, poisoning with, 658

Death-bed, evidence in cases of poisoning, its importance, and hints for collecting it, 84

Delirium tremens, impair the activity of some poisons, 35

-- -- the effect of alcohol, 731

Delphinia, alkaloid of stavesacre, 464

Delphinium, poisoning with, 464

Digestion of poisons, tends to remove them beyond the reach of analysis, 58

Digitalis, poisoning with, 678

Dippel's oil, a poison, 737

Diseases, their influence on the operation of poisons, 35

Distension of stomach, death from, how distinguished from irritant poisoning, 95

Dysentery impairs the activity of opium as a poison, 35


Eels sometimes poisonous, 484

Elaterium and elaterin, their poisonous properties, 461

Emeta, its poisonous properties, 682

Empyreumatic oils are active poisons, 737

Epilepsy, distinction between it and narcotic poisoning from the symptoms, 519

-- distinction of, from narcotic poisoning by morbid appearances, 521

Epsom salt, a poison in large doses, 506

Ergot. See Spurred-Rye.

Ervum Ervilia is a poison, 722

Ether, effects of, on man and animals, 736

Euphorbium, its effects on man and animals, 454

Evidence of poisoning. See Symptoms. Morbid Appearances. Chemical Evidence. Animals.

-- of general poisoning from symptoms, 43

-- -- -- -- from morbid appearances, 51

-- -- -- -- from chemical analysis, 54

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/* Evidence of general poisoning from experiments on animals, 62

-- -- -- -- from moral circumstances, 71

Evidence, medical, of the administration in charges of poisoning, 72

-- -- may prove the prisoner's intent, 78

-- -- on death-bed, 83


Fainting, mortal, distinction between it and narcotic poisoning, 527

Feigned poisoning, 86

Ferrocyanate of potass not poisonous, 586

Fever impairs the activity of some poisons, 35

Fish-poison, 477

Fly-powder, tests for, 199

Fool's-parsley, effects on man and animals, 661

Foxglove, its effects on man and animals, 678

Fowler's solution, tests of, 223

Fungi, list of the wholesome, 700

-- list of the deleterious, 701

-- circumstances which modify their qualities, 702

-- rules for knowing poisonous, 703

-- active principles of, 704

-- symptoms of poisoning with, 704

-- morbid appearances caused by, 708

-- treatment of poisoning with, 709

-- poisoning of wholesome kinds with other poisons, 709


Gamboge, poisoning with, 466

Gas, carbonic acid, morbid appearances caused by, 632

-- -- -- is poisonous positively, not negatively, 614, 624

-- -- -- symptoms caused by, when pure, 625

-- -- -- symptoms it causes when diluted with air, 625

-- -- -- symptoms, when from burning charcoal, 626

-- -- -- symptoms, when from burning coal, 631

-- -- -- symptoms, when from burning tallow, 630

-- -- -- symptoms when formed by respiration, 632

-- -- -- treatment of poisoning with, 634

Gas, carbonic oxide, its effects on man, 634

-- carbureted-hydrogen, effects on man, 622

-- coal and oil, effects on man, 622

-- chlorine, its effects on man, 616

-- cyanogen, its effects on animals and plants, 636

-- hydrosulphuric acid, effects when injected into the veins, 613

-- -- -- effects when breathed by man, 618

-- -- -- effects on vegetables, 618

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/* Gas, hydrosulphuric acid, morbid appearances caused by, 619

-- -- -- proves fatal though applied to the skin only, 614, 617

-- muriatic acid, very poisonous to plants, 617

-- nitric oxide and nitrous acid, effects when injected into the veins, 614

-- nitrous acid, effects on man, 615

-- nitrous oxide, its effects on man and plants, 635

-- oxygen, a positive poison, 636

-- sulphurous acid, extremely poisonous to plants, 631

Gases, poisonous, medico-legal importance of, 611

-- which of them are negatively, and which positively poisonous, 612

Gastritis. See Stomach.

General poisoning, evidence of, 39

 and see Evidence.

Glass-powder, is it a poison?, 503

Gold, poisoning with its compounds, 383

Goulard's extract, tests for, 399

Grain, sometimes poisonous, 710

-- unripe, its supposed effects on man, 719

Green vitriol. See Sulphate of Iron.

Gullet, perforation of, how distinguished from irritant poisoning, 108, 119


Habit, its effect in modifying the action of poisons, 34

Hæmatemesis, how distinguished from irritant poisoning, 109

Heart, organic diseases of, may imitate narcotic poisoning, 528

Hellebore, effects of its different species on man and animals, 672

Hellebore, white. See Veratrum.

Hemlock, its effects on man and animals, 653

-- dropwort, its effects as a poison, 660

Henbane. See Hyoscyamus.

Hippomane Mancinella, its poisonous effects, 458

Hot liquids cause symptoms of irritant poisoning, 505

Hydrochlorate of ammonia. See Ammonia.

 Also, 193

Hydrochlorates. See Muriates.

Hydrochloric acid. See Acids.

Hydrocyanic acid. See Acid.

Hyoscyamus, its effects on man and animals, 573

Hydrophobia impairs the activity of some poisons, 35

Hypertrophy of brain. See Brain.

Hysteria lessens the effect of opium, 35


Idiosyncrasy, its influence in modifying the action of poisons, 32

-- sometimes renders wholesome articles deleterious to individuals, 33, 68

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/* Iliac-passion imitates irritant poisoning, 109

Imaginary poisoning, 85

Imputed poisoning, 88

Inflammation of brain. See Brain.

-- of intestine. See Intestines.

-- of stomach. See Stomach.

Insects, poisonous, 486

Intent in the administration of poison may be sometimes proved by medical evidence, 78

Interment for years may not prevent the detection of poisons, 58

Intestines, inflammation of, how distinguished from irritant poisoning, 99

-- obstruction of, may imitate irritant poisoning, 109

-- perforation of, how distinguished from irritant poisoning, 108, 119

Iodide of potassium, effects, 157

-- -- -- tests of, 158

Iodine, its effects on man and animals, 154

-- its tests in the pure and mixed state, 152

Ipecacuan, poisoning with, 682

Ipomæa Purga, a poison, 467

Iron, poisoning with the salts of, 391

Irritant poisons, general observations on, 92

-- -- distribution of into orders, 121

-- -- morbid appearances of, contrasted with those of various natural diseases, 110

-- -- symptoms of, contrasted with those of various natural diseases, 93

Irritation, examples of, caused by poisons, 9


Jalap, its effects as a poison, 467

Jatropha, its effects on man and animals, 457

Juniperus Sabina, its poisonous effects, 468


King's-yellow, its tests and composition, 225


Laburnum seeds poisonous, 723

Lacluca, poisoning with, 575

Lathyrus Cicera is a poison, 722

Lead, tests for its compounds, 396

-- action of air and water on, 399

-- adulteration of wines with, 420

-- adulteration of spirits with, 422

-- adulteration of a mechanical nature, 422

-- corrosion of, by distilled water, 401

-- corrosion of, by water prevented by salts in solution, 403

-- corrosion of, prevented by excessively minute proportions of some salts, 403

-- corrosion of, by natural waters, 406

-- corrosion of, by rain and snow water, 406

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/* Lead, corrosion of, by spring waters, how prevented, 414

-- corrosion of, not caused by some spring waters, 408

-- dissolved by many acidulous fluids, 415

-- dissolved by these fluids much more rapidly if it is oxidated, 419

-- metallic, is not poisonous, 427

-- mode of action on the animal body, 424

-- does it exist in the blood or organs of animals poisoned with it?, 426

-- morbid appearances caused by, 439

-- process for detecting its compounds, 396

-- process for detecting it in organic mixtures, 422

-- sulphuret of, not poisonous, 427

-- symptoms caused by, in man, classified according to two varieties, 429

-- symptoms caused by, as an irritant, 429

-- symptoms of, constituting the disease colica pictonum, 431

-- tradesmen who are subject to suffer from poisoning with, 436

Lead, treatment of poisoning with, 441

Lead-glazing is rapidly acted on by acidulous fluids in some circumstances, not in others, 419

Lettuce-opium, effect of, on animals, 575

Lime, poisoning with, 192

Liver of sulphur. See Sulphurets.

Litharge, tests for, 396

Lividity is no evidence of poisoning, 51

Local action of poisons, 9

Lolium temulentum, its effects on man, 721


Maize, spurred, 718

Manchineel, its effects on man and animals, 458

Mania impairs the activity of some poisons, 35

Marsh-marigold, its effects on man and animals, 464

Meadow-saffron, its effects on man, 674

Mechanical irritants produce the same effects as irritant poisons, 501

Meconic acid, its tests, 53

-- -- is not poisonous, 562

Meloe proscarabæus, its poisonous effects, 477

Melanosis of stomach imitates the effects of irritant poisons, 112

Melæna, how distinguished from irritant poisoning, 109

Meningitis, how distinguished from narcotic poisoning, 523

Menispermum Cocculus, poisoning with, 696

Mercurial salivation in cases of poisoning, when does it begin?, 314

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/* Mercurial salivation, phenomena of, 316

-- -- can it be confounded with any other disorder?, 319

-- -- may it return after a long intermission?, 322

-- -- its duration, 322

-- -- in what modes it may prove fatal, 324

Mercurial tremor, 324

Mercury, action of its soluble compounds on the animal body, 303

-- acts through all animal tissues, 327[**F1: Format ambiguous; separate entries or subentries without the leading -- ?]

-- acts in all soluble chemical compounds, 329

-- acts not, when in the metallic state, 330

-- acts not, in the form of sulphuret, 331

-- acts not, when its soluble compounds are decomposed by organic principles, 336

-- existence in the blood of those who have taken it is extremely probable, 306

-- morbid appearances caused by, 337

Mercury, processes for its compounds when pure, 289

-- process for detecting it in organic mixtures, 299[**F1: Format ambiguous; separate entries or subentries without the leading -- ?]

-- symptoms of poisoning with, classified according to three varieties, 310

-- symptoms of corrosive poisoning with, their longest duration, 312

-- symptoms of, their shortest duration in fatal cases, 313

-- symptoms of, sometimes furnish of themselves decisive evidence of poisoning, 337

-- treatment of poisoning with an antidote, 342

Metals, not poisonous unless oxidated, 230, 329, 360, 427

Mezereon, its effects on man and animals, 465

Milk at times poisonous without intentional adulteration, 496

Mineral-green, tests of, 347

-- See Arsenite of Copper.

Mixture, its effect in modifying the action of poisons, 29

Momordica Elaterium, its poisonous properties, 461

Monkshood, its effects on man and animals, 662

Moral evidence of poisoning, 71

Morbid appearances, evidence of general poisoning from, 51

-- -- sometimes supply alone full proof of poisoning, 139

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/* Morphia, its tests, 532

-- its effects on man and animals, 557

Mosses, poisonous, 710

Mountain-ash is poisonous, as containing hydrocyanic acid, 609

Muriate of baryta. See Baryta.

Muriate of morphia, its tests, 533

Muriate of mercury. See Calomel--Corrosive Sublimate.

Muriate of soda, a poison in large quantity, 508

Muriatic acid, 146

Muriatic acid gas, 617

Muscles are occasionally poisonous, 479

-- causes why they become poisonous, 481[**F1: The leading dash in this index normally represents leading word of new entry, but these 6 lines read more like sub-entries]

-- copper cannot account for their effects, 481

-- decay, does it render them poisonous?, 481

-- disease, will this explain their effects?, 482

-- idiosyncrasy sometimes makes them poisonous, 482

-- insects of a poisonous nature entering their shell, will this explain their effects?, 483

Muscles, principle of a poisonous nature not yet discovered in them, 482

-- symptoms and morbid appearances caused by the poisonous, 479[**F1: Format ambiguous; separate entry or subentry without the leading -- ?]

Mushrooms. See Fungi.


Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, a poison, 467

Narcotico-acrid poisons, general remarks on, 637

Narcotic poisoning, its symptoms and morbid appearances, contrasted with those of natural disease, 510

Narcotics, their active principles, 529

Narcotine, its tests, 534

-- its effects on animals, 560

Nervous local impressions, examples of, caused by poisons, 10

Nicotiana Tabacum. See Tobacco[**. ]

Nicotianin, poisonous principle of tobacco, 647

Nightshade. See Solanum--Atropa.

Nitrates of mercury, their tests, 303

Nitre, its tests, 187

-- its action and symptoms in man, 188

-- morbid appearances caused by, 191

Nitric acid. See Acids, Mineral.

Nitric oxide gas, its effects on animals, 614

Nitrous acid vapour, its effects on man, 615

Nitrous oxide gas, its effects on man, 635

Nux-vomica, action of, on animals, 688

-- morbid appearances caused by, 689

-- symptoms it excites in man, 686

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/* Nux-vomica, symptoms of, sometimes alone are complete evidence of poisoning, 690

-- its tests, 686

-- treatment, 690


[OE]nanthe, poisoning with, 653

Oil of Dippel, 737

Oil of tar, 738

Oil of turpentine, 738

Oils, empyreumatic, are poisonous, 737

Opium, frequently used for the purpose of poisoning, 530

-- action of, illustrated by experiments, 539

-- acts as a poison through every animal tissue, even the skin, 556

-- chemical history of, 530

-- chemical analysis cannot detect it in the blood, 541

-- morbid appearances caused by, 562

-- process for detecting it in organic mixtures, 534

-- may cause death and not be discoverable in the stomach why?, 537

Opium, symptoms of, in man, 539

-- symptoms of, how soon may they begin, and how long may they be delayed?, 543

Opium, ordinary, shortest, and longest duration of fatal poisoning with, 547

-- smallest fatal dose of, in adults, 549

-- fatal dose in infants extremely small, 549

-- principles contained in, 531

-- tests for the principles of, when pure, 532

-- treatment of poisoning with, 566

Opium eaters, are they short lived?, 551

Orpiment, 224, 230

Osmium, 395

Oxygen, a poison, 636

Oysters, sometimes poisonous, 483


Peach flowers may cause fatal poisoning, 608

Pepper, a poison in very large doses, 506

Perforation. See Stomach--Intestines--Gullet.

Peritonæum, inflammation of, how distinguished from irritant poisoning, 105

Phosphorus, its effects on man and animals, 149

Phosphorous acid, a feeble poison, 152

Picrotoxin, active principle of Cocculus Indicus, 696

Pretended poisoning, 85

Protochloride of Mercury, See Calomel.

Prunus Lauro-cerasus. See Cherry Laurel.

Prunus Padus. See Cluster-Cherry.

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/* Prussiate. See Ferrocyanate.

Prussic acid. See Hydrocyanic.

Putrefaction of the body, not a proof of poisoning when premature, 51

-- does not always prevent the detection of poisons, 59

-- does arsenic preserve the body from?, 273

Putrefied animal matter, its effects as a poison on man and animals, 492


Quantity or dose, its influence in modifying the action of poisons, 27


Ramollissement. See Brain[**F1: Typo? - not italicized?].

Ranunculaceæ, their effects on man and animals, 462, 662

Ranunculus, its poisonous effects, 462

Realgar, its tests, 224

Remote action of poisons, through what channel is it carried on?, 12

Red-lead, tests for, 397

Red precipitate, tests for, 290

Redness of Stomach. See Stomach.

Ricinus. See Castor oil[**F1: Typo? - not italicized?].

Rue, poisoning with, 681

Rupture of stomach, death from, how distinguished from irritant poisoning, 97

Rupture of duodenum, death from, how distinguished from irritant poitant poisoning, 97

Rupture of biliary ducts, 97

-- of uterus, 98

Rust of wheat is not poisonous, 719

Rye. See Spurred-rye[**F2 - added, barely discernible in TIA].


Sal-ammoniac, its tests, 193

-- its action on animals, 196

Salivation may be caused by various poisons, 319

-- may be caused by ulcerated sore throat, 319

-- sometimes an idiopathic disease, 319

-- sometimes arises from the influence of the imagination, 321

Salivation, mercurial. See Mercurial.

Salmon, pickled or kippered, sometimes injurious, 499

Salt, common, a poison in very large quantity, 508

Savin, its effects on man and animals, 468

Sausages, occasionally poisonous, 492

Scilla maritima, effects on man and animals, 671

Secale cornutum. See Spur.

Secret poisoning, 39, 249

Serpents, venomous, 484

Silver, poisoning with its compounds, 380

Simultaneous illness of several persons, important proof of general poisoning, 80

Skin, poisons act slowly or not at all through the sound, 30

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/* Skin, poisons act through it sometimes when long applied or rubbed in, or in the gaseous state, 257, 328, 435, 556, 614, 618, 625

Snakes, venomous, 484

Solanum, effects of its species on man and animals, 576

Sorbus aucuparia. See Mountain-ash.

Spinal cord, diseases of, distinguished from narcotic poisoning, 527

Spirituous liquors. See Alcohol.

Sprats smoked, sometimes poisonous, 499

Spur, what kinds of grain are attacked by, 711

Spurred-maize, 718

Spurred-rye, its causes, 711

-- chemical analysis of, 713

-- effects on man and animals, 714

-- miscarriage supposed to be induced by, 717

Squill, poisoning with, 670

Stavesacre, its effects on man and animals, 464

St. Ignatius' bean, effects of, on man and animals, 691

Stomach, distension of, death from, contrasted with irritant poisoning, 95

-- fibrinous and mucous effusion in, imitates the effects of irritant poisoning, 113

-- gelatinization of, a cause of perforation, 107

-- inflammation of, how distinguished from irritant poisoning, 102

-- inflammation of, is it in its acute state ever a natural disease?, 102

-- partial laceration of, contrasted with irritant poisoning, 97

-- redness of, from natural causes, imitates the effects of irritant poisons, 110

-- rupture of, contrasted with the effects of irritant poisons, 96

-- spontaneous perforation of, distinguished from irritant poisoning, 105

-- spontaneous perforation of, its symptoms and varieties, 105

-- spontaneous perforation of, its morbid appearances, nature and causes, 113

-- ulceration of, how distinguished from the effects of irritant poisons, 113

Stomach-pump, discovery of, 567

Stramonium, its effects on man and animals, 645

Strontia, its salts not poisonous, 451

Strychnia, alkaloid of the Strychni, effects of, on animals, 683

Strychnos, which of its species are poisonous, 683

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/* Sugar of Lead. See Acetate.

Sulphate of copper, tests for, 348

-- -- -- adulteration of bread with, 354

-- -- iron occasionally poisonous, 392

-- -- magnesia, poisonous in very large doses, 506

-- -- mercury, its tests, 290

-- -- potash, poisonous in large doses, 507

-- -- zinc, tests of when pure, 386

-- -- -- effects on animals, 387

-- -- -- effects on man, 388

-- -- -- morbid appearances by, 391

-- -- -- process for detecting it in organic mixtures, 386

Sulpho-cyanic acid a feeble poison, 586

Sulphur, its effects on man and animals, 152

Sulphurets of the alkalis, effects on man, morbid appearances, and treatment of poisoning with, 196

Sulphurets of antimony, tests of, 367

-- -- arsenic, tests of, 224

-- -- arsenic, its effects as a poison, 230

Sulphuret of copper, not poisonous unless long exposed to the air, 360

-- -- lead not poisonous, 428

-- -- mercury its tests, 290

-- -- mercury, not poisonous, 331

Sulphuretted hydrogen. See Gas.

Sulphuric acid. See Acids, Mineral.

Sympathetic effects of poisons, 12

Symptoms of poisoning, evidence from, 42

-- -- -- general character of, contrasted with those of the symptoms of natural disease, 42, 46

-- -- -- suddenness of the invasion of, 43, 46

-- -- -- commence after a meal, 45, 47

-- -- -- commence during health, 49

-- -- -- regularity of their increase, 44, 47

-- -- -- uniformity of their nature, 45, 47

-- -- -- may sometimes of themselves be complete evidence of poisoning, 179, 259, 337, 691

Syncopal asphyxia, how distingished[**P1 misspelled distinguished?] from narcotic poisoning, 527


Tartar-emetic, action of, on animals, 371

-- action on the skin, 375

-- morbid appearances caused by, 376

-- process for detecting it in a pure solution, 368

-- process for detecting it in organic mixtures, 369

-- symptoms excited in man by, 372

-- sometimes not poisonous in large doses, 373

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/* Tartar-emetic, treatment of poisoning with, 377

Tartaric acid, not a poison, 180

Tetanus lessens the activity of some poisons, 35

Thorn-apple effects on man and animals, 645

Ticunas, an American poison, 693

Tin, poisoning with its compounds, 378

Tissues, influence of different, in modifying the action of poisons, 30

Tobacco, effects on man and animals, 649

-- effects of, by the way of injection, 650

-- not injurious to workmen who manufacture it, 652

Toffana, alleged effects of the Aqua Toffana, 249

Trachinus has poisonous spines, 478

Tremblement metallique, its nature and causes, 325

Treatment of poisoning, general inferences as to, drawn from the physiological action of poisons, 36

Turbith-mineral, its tests, 290


Unripe grain, its supposed deleterious effects, 719

Upas antiar, 698

-- tieuté, 691

Uterus, rupture of, imitates irritant poisoning, 97


Vegetable acrids, general remarks on their effects, 451

Venomous insects, 486

-- venomous serpents, 484 [** Venomous serpents - 484]

Veratria, alkaloid of veratrum, 673

Veratrum, poisoning with the different species of, 672

Verdigris, artificial, tests of, 349

Verdigris, natural, tests of, 348

Verditer, tests of, 347

Vermilion, tests of, 290

Vitriol, blue. See Sulphate of Copper.

Vomiting, effects of, in removing poisons beyond the reach of analysis, 55


Wasp, its poisonous effects, 480

Water-hemlock, effects of, on man and animals, 658

Weever, poisonous spines of, 478

Wheat, rust of, is hardly poisonous,[**P2 missing PAGE NUMBER]

White-lead, tests for, 397

White-vitriol. See Sulphate of Zinc.

White precipitate, 332

Worms perforating the intestines may imitate irritant poisoning, 108

-- producing epilepsy may imitate narcotic poisoning, 521

Woorara, an American poison, 693


Yew, poisoning with, 699


Zinc, poisoning with its compounds, 386

-- sulphate of. See Sulphate.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATE.


/# 1. Small funnel-shaped tube for testing minute portions of liquids.

2. Apparatus for the distillation of fluids suspected to contain acids, one-seventh the natural size.

3. Tube for reducing very small portions of arsenic or mercury. The figure is of half the natural size. The ball may be blown larger, if the material to be reduced is bulky.

4. A small glass funnel for introducing the material into the tube Fig. 1, without soiling its inside.

5. The ordinary apparatus for disengaging sulphuretted-hydrogen. The funnel must be a little longer than the emerging tube. The fluid should not be at any time much higher than in the figure, in order to secure the operator against its effervescing up into the emerging tube. The figure is a fourth of the natural size.

6. Instrument for washing down scanty precipitates on filters. It is a thin bottle capable of standing heat--half-filled with water, which may be boiled on occasion,--and having its cork pierced with a small tube drawn at its outer end to a very fine bore. The breath is impelled into the bottle, and, the bottle being then reversed, a very fine stream issues with great force.

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[Illustration: Fig. 1.]

[Illustration: Fig. 2.]

[Illustration: Fig. 3.]

[Illustration: Fig. 4.]

[Illustration: Fig. 5.]

[Illustration: Fig. 6.]


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/# 7. Tubes of natural size for collecting small portions of mercury by the process, p. 300.

8. Pipette, one-fourth the natural size, for removing by suction fluids lying over precipitates. Some have a rectangular bend in the upper part, by means of which the operator sees better the point of the instrument when in action; but such pipettes are difficult to clean. That represented in the figure is easily cleaned with a feather.

9. Apparatus for reducing the sulphurets of some metals by a stream of hydrogen. A, the vessel with zinc and diluted sulphuric acid, the latter of which may be renewed by the funnel B. C, a ball on the emerging tube to prevent the liquid thrown up by the effervescence from passing forward. D, E, corks by which C and G are fitted into F, the tube which contains the sulphuret at F. G, the exit-tube for the sulphuretted-hydrogen, plying into a vessel containing acetate of lead. When the hydrogen has passed long enough to expel all the air, the spirit-lamp flame is applied at F; and when sulphuretted-hydrogen is formed, the lead solution is blackened. The figure is one-third the size of the apparatus.

For Description of Figures 10 and 11, see p. 212.

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[Illustration: Fig. 7.]

[Illustration: Fig. 8.]

[Illustration: Fig. 9.]

[Illustration: Fig. 10.]

[Illustration: Fig. 11.]


THE END.