Treatise on Poisons / In relation to medical jurisprudence, physiology, and the practice of physic

by Sir Robert Christison

INDEX.

• Absorption, its extreme rapidity, [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 chemical combinations, [585]
• — — acts through every animal tissue, [584], [592]
• — — enters the blood and communicates its odour, [594]
• Acid, hydrocyanic, why its odour is not always perceptible in the blood, [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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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, 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• Ferro-cyanate 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• — 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]
• — 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]
• 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]
• — 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]
• 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]
• Nux-vomica, symptoms of, sometimes alone are complete evidence of poisoning, [690]
• — its tests, [686]
• — treatment, [690]
• Œnanthe, 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.
• Prussiate. See Ferro-cyanate.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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]
• 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]
• 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 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]
• 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]
• 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,
• 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.