What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell.

  • William Murrell
Date:
1887
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Think over carefully the questions you are likely to be asked, and be prepared to answer them. Read up the literature of the subject, and let your knowledge be up to date. If you do not know much about it, telegraph to some leading toxicologist and get him to coach you up in it, or at least to send you an abstract of the recent literature. It will pay you in the long run. Barristers constantly do this—why should not you ? Answer concisely, and to the point, and ne^r volunteer a statement, unless it be to correct a false impression you may have created by a previous answer. Do not imagine that the object of cross-examination is to elicit the truth. Do not be afraid of cross-examination. If you have read up your subject you should be more than a match for any Barrister. His knowledge is of necessity superficial, and he is hampered by the fear of displaying his ignorance. PTOMAINES —CADAVERIC ALKA- LOIDS. Every medical man should get up the subject of Ptomaines (from *rapx, a dead body), be-