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CONTENTS.

PART FIRST.—Of General Poisoning.

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CHAPTER I. Of the Physiological Action of Poisons 9

Section 1. Of their Mode of Action 9

Of the Discovery of Poisons in the Blood 21

—— 2. Of the Causes which modify their Action 27

Application of the preceding observations to the Treatment
of Poisoning 36

CHAP. II. Of the Evidence of General Poisoning 39

Section 1. Of the Evidence from Symptoms 42

Characters of the Symptoms of Poisoning 42

Characters of the Symptoms of Natural Disease 46

—— 2. Of the Evidence from Morbid Appearances 51

—— 3. Of the Evidence from Chemical Analysis 54

Causes which remove Poisons beyond the reach of
analysis 55

Chemical Evidence not always indispensable to the
proof of Poisoning 59

—— 4. Evidence from Experiments on Animals 62

With suspected articles of food or drink 63

With vomited matter or contents of the stomach 67

With the flesh of poisoned animals 69

—— 5. Moral Evidence 71

Suspicious conduct of prisoner, 73 and 78.—Proof of
administration of poison, 73.—Proof of intent,
78.—Proof from simultaneous illness of several
people, 80.—Proof from death-bed declaration 83

CHAP. III. Of Imaginary, Pretended, and Imputed Poisoning 85

PART II.—Of Individual Poisons.

CHAP. I. Classification of Poisons 90

—— II. Class First. Of Irritant Poisons generally 92

Section 1. Of the Symptoms of Irritant Poisons compared with
those of Natural Disease 93

—— 2. Of the Morbid Appearances of Irritant Poisoning
compared with those of natural disease 110

CHAP. III. Mineral Acids 121

Section 1. Sulphuric Acid 123

Tests, 123, Action, 128, Morbid Appearances, 135,
Treatment, 140

—— 2. Nitric Acid 142

—— 3. Hydrochloric Acid 146