A treatise on poisons, in relation to medical jurisprudence, physiology, and the practice of physic / By Robert Christison.

  • Christison, Robert, Sir, 1797-1882.
Date:
1836
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Credit: A treatise on poisons, in relation to medical jurisprudence, physiology, and the practice of physic / By Robert Christison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ances are at times of themselves complete proof of poisoning I <i!t Acids, mineral, symptoms they cause in man classified . 158 their symptoms are at times alone complete proof of poisoning . . 164 their tests in their pure and mixed states . 139 . throwing of, to disfi- gure or disable, is a capital crime 130 . treatment of poisoning with . . 171 effects of on the intes- tines after death . 169 Aconita, the alkaloid of monkshood jiM .itKiiUiim. poisoning with . 783 Acrid poisons of the vegetable and animal kingdoms . 014 Action of poisons . . 1 by absorption 9 causes which mo- dify the . . 20 local . 1 remote . 4 organs acted on by the remote . . 17 rapidity of the 7, 604 through sympathy 5 —.— applied to the dis- covery of antidotes . 32 Administration of poison by pri- soner, necessity of the proof of, on trials . . 74 by prisoner, may be proved by pure medical evidence 74 SEthusa, poisoning with . 782 Aggregation, state of, its effects on the action of poisons . 21 Alcohol, poisoning with . 843 morbid appearances indu- ced by . . 850 poisoning of with other poisons . . 854 ■ symptoms of poisoning with, in its several degrees 843 —— treatment of poisoning with 855 Alkalis and alkaline salts, fixed 209 their mode of action . . 211 . morbid ap- pearances caused by them 214 symptoms caused in man, several varieties of 212 tests for 209 treatment of poisoning with . 215 Alkaline sulphurets. See Sutyhurcts. Almond. See Bitter-Almond. Alum, effects of on man and animals 605 Ammonia and its salts, tests of 223 — their effects on man and animals . . 223 Ammoniacal gas, effects of, on man 224 Amygdalus. See ll'ittrr-Almond. Anemone, its effects as a poison 549 Angustura-bark, false, its effects on man and animals . 806 Animal acrids, general observations on their effects . .>.>9 Animal matter poisoned by disease 579 poisonous from ordi- nary putrefaction . 583 poisonous from mo- dified putrefaction . 505 Animals, evidence of poisoning from experiments on . C3 1 filets of suspected articles of food on . C4 effects of suspected matters of vomiting or contents of stomach on 69 experiments on, may illus- trate physiological points disput- ed on trials . . 71 various effects of poisons on different . . 63 Antidotes, by what principles the search for them must be regulated 32 Antimony, tests for its compounds 441 tartrate of. See Tartar- emetic. Apoplexy, distinction between it and narcotic poisoning, drawn from symptoms . . 608 distinction between it and narcotic poisoning, drawn from morbid appearances . 612 congestive, appearances of 615 from extravasation 616 serous . 616 simple . . 613 Arseniate of potass, its tests 265 Arsenic, tests for its compounds 229 — action of, illustrated by ex- periments on animals . 270 acts through all the animal tissues . . 272 acts in all its chemical forms, except in the metallic state . . . 273 action of is a little impaired by the effects of mixture—not by habit . . .276 acts when applied to ulcers and eruptions . . 297 acts when applied to the sound skin . . 303 acts when introduced into the rectum . . 299 acts when thrust into the vagina . . . 300 acts powerfully when inhaled 301 does it exist in the blood of those poisoned with it ? . 270