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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    Corrosive-sublimate, additional or rejected processes for organic mix- tures . . . 355 .— symptoms caus- ed by it in man. See Mercury. Croton-oil and seed, effects of 542 Cuckow-pint, poisoning with . 552 Cupping-glasses in the treatment of external poisoning . 34 Cyanide of mercury, tests for . 358 its effects on man . 396 Cyanogen gas, its effects on animals 756 Cyanous acid, a feeble poison . 701 Cytisus laburnum, its poisonous ef- fects . . .841 Daffodil, its effects as a poison . 554 Daphne, effects of its different spe- cies on man and animals . 552 Darnel-grass, its effects on man 839 Datura, poisoning with . 767 Daturia, alkaloid of thorn-apple 768 Dead-tongue, poisoning with . 781 Death-bed, evidence in cases of poi- soning, its importance, and hints for collecting it . .88 Delirium tremens impairs the acti- vity of some poisons . 30 the effect of alcohol 849 Delphinia, alkaloid of stavesacre 550 Delphinium, poisoning with . 551 Digestion of poisons, tends to remove them beyond the reach of analysis 59 Digitalis, poisoning with . 792 Diseases, their influence on the ope- ration of poisons . . 29 Distension of stomach, death from, how distinguished from irritant poisoning . 103 Dysentery impairs the activity of opium as a poison . . 30 Eels sometimes poisonous . 574 Elaterium and elaterin, their poison- ous properties . . 547 Emeta, its poisonous properties 787 Empyreumatic oils are active poisons 857 Epilepsy, distinction between it and narcotic poisoning from the symp- toms . . • 617 distinction of, from nar- cotic poisoning by morbid appear- ances . • • 620 Ergot. See Spurrcd-Rye. Ervum ervilia is a poison . 841 Ether, effects of, on man and animals 856 Euphorbium, its effects on man and animals . • • 539 Evidence of poisoning. See Symp- toms. Morbid Appearances. Che- . mical Evidence. Animals. of general poisoning from symptoms . 40 , from morbid appearances . .51 Evidence of general poisoning from chemical analysis . . 54 from experiments on animals . 63 from moral circumstances . 72 Evidence, medical, of the admini- stration in charges of poisoning 74 Evidence, medical, may prove the prisoner's intent . . 81 Evidence, medical, on death-bed . 88 Fainting, mortal, distinction between it and narcotic poisoning . 628 Feigned poisoning . . 92 Ferrocyanate of potass not poison- ous . . 699 Fever impairs the activity of some poisons . . .30 Fish-poison . . 586 Fly-powder, tests for . 230 Fool's-parsley, effects on man and animals . . . 782 Foxglove, its effects on man and animals . . -792 Fowler's solution, tests of , 265 Fungi, list of the wholesome . 815 list of the deleterious . 816 circumstances which modify their qualities . . 816 — rules for knowing poisonous 818 ■—- active principles of . 819 symptoms of poisoning with 819 morbid appearances caused by . . . 824 treatment of poisoning with 825 poisoning of wholesome kinds with other poisons . 825 Gamboge, poisoning with . 553 Gas, carbonic acid, morbid appear- ances caused by • . 752 is poisonous po- sitively, not negatively 734, 744 symptoms caus- ed by when pure . 745 symptoms it cau- ses when diluted with air . 746 symptoms, when from burning charcoal . 746 —— symptoms, when from burning coal . 750 symptoms, when from burning tallow . 749 . symptoms, when formed by respiration . 751 treatment of poi- soning with . . 754 Gas, carbonic oxide, its effects on man . . • 754 carburetted-hydrogen, effects on man . . • 742 coal and oil, effects on man 743 chlorine, its effects on man 736