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

  • Robert Christison
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1836
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    Mercury, symptoms of corrosive poisoning with, their longest du- ration . • 373 symptoms of, their short- est duration in fatal cases 374 Mercury, symptoms of, sometimes farms!] of themselves decisive evi- dence of poisoning . 400 . .— treatment of poisoning with, and antidotes , 408 Metals, not poisonous unless oxi- dated . 273, 393, 434, 501) Mezereon, its effects on man and ani- mals . . .552 Milk at times poisonous without in- tentional adulteration . f>90 Mineral-green, tests of . 415 See Arsmite of Cop. per. Mixture, its effect in modifying the action of poisons . . 22 Momordica < later inm, its poisonous properties . . 547 Monkshood, its effects on man and animals . . 703 Moral evidence of poisoning . 72 Morbid appearances, evidence of ge- neral poisoning from . 51 sometimes sup- ply alone full proof of poisoning 109 Morphia, its tests . 035 its effects on man and ani- mals . . . CG5 Mosses, poisonous . 820 Mountain-ash is poisonous, as con- taining hydrocyanic acid . 727 Muiiate of baryta. See Baryta. Muriate of iron, a poison . 002 Muriate of morphia, its tests 030 Muriate of mercury. See Calomel —Corrosive Sublimate. Muriate of soda, a poison in very large quantity . . 004 Muriate of soda, singular accidental poisonous adulterations of 185, 004 Muriatic acid. See Acids, Mineral. Muriatic acid gas . 737 Muscles are occasionally poisonous 507 causes why they become poi- sonous . . .571 copper cannot account for their effects . 571 - decay, does it render them poisonous? . . 571 — disease, will this explain their effects ? . .572 — idiosyncrasy sometimes makes them poisonous . . 571 — insects of a poisonous nature entering their shell, will this ex- plain their effects ? . 573 Muscles, principle of a poisonous na- ture not yet discovered in them 572 symptoms and morbid ap- pearances caused by the poisonous 507 Mushrooms. See Fungi. Xan i.ssus Pseudo-narcissus, a poison 554 Narcotico-acrid poisons, general re- marks on . . 758 Narcotic poisoning, its symptoms and morbid appearances, contrasted with those of natural disease 007 Narcotics, their active principles 039 Narcotine, its tests . 037 its effects on animals 009 Nervous local impressions, examples of caused by poisons . 2 X'icotht'xi Tabacum. See Tobacco. Nicotianin, poisonous principle of tobacco, . . 771 Nightshade. See Solatium—Atropa. Nitrates of mercury, their tests 358 Nitre, its tests . . 210 its action and symptoms in man 210 morbid appearances caused by 210 Nitric acid. See Acids, Mineral. Nitric oxide gas, its effects on animals 733 Nitrous acid vapour, its effects on man . . . 734 Nitrous oxide gas, its effects on man 755 Nux-vomica, action of, on animals 700 morbid appearances caused by . . 803 symptoms it excites in man . . . 800 symptoms of, some- times alone are complete evidence of poisoning . . 804 its tests . 798 treatment . 804 (Euanthc, poisoning with . 781 Oils, empyreumatic, are poisonous 857 Opium, frequently used for the pur- pose of poisoning . C31 action of, illustrated by ex- periments . . 045 acts as a poison through every animal tissue, even the skin 003 chemical history of . 032 chemical analysis cannot de- tect it in the blood . 047 morbid appearances caused by 671 process for detecting it in organic mixtures . 639 .— — may cause death and not be discoverable in the stomach, why? . . 58, 59,041 symptoms of, in man 648 symptoms of, how soon may they begin, and how long may they be delayed ? . 650