Post-mortem examinations in medico-legal and ordinary cases : with special chapters on the legal aspects of post-mortems, and on certificates of death / by J. Jackson Clarke.

  • Clarke, James Jackson.
Date:
1896
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    examined the contents of the stomach to the best of his abihty, and leave it to the coroner to decide whether he will call special expert evidence. In some cases, such as chronic arsenical poisoning, it is necessary to secure for examination the intestines and their con- tents, the Iddneys, liver and spleen, as much of the blood as can be obtained, the urine and the bile, in addition to the stomach. It is important to note the presence or absence of solid fieces in the large intestine. The effects of irritant poisons vary in degree from hyperasmia to ulceration, or even, in the case of a strong mineral acid, to perfora- tion of the bowel. Hypostasis of dependent loops of the bowel is common, and must be distinguished from the diffuse or patchy in- tlammatory redness due to, say, arsenic or cyanide of potassium, which is most marked in the stomach. Ulceration may be seen where solid particles of phosphorus or arsenic have become adherent to the mucous mem- brane of the stomach. Yellow sulphide of arsenic may be sometimes seen in the stomach. A person may apparently recover from the