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

  • Robert Christison
Date:
1832
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Credit: A treatise on poisons, in relation to medical jurisprudence, physiology, and the practice of physic / [Sir Robert Christison]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    314 ances are at times of themselves complete proof of poisoning Acids, mineral, symptoms they cause in man Classified ——— their symptoms are at times alone complete proof of poisoning . ° — their tests in their pure and mixed states —- throwing of, to disfi- cure or disable, is a capital crime ——- treatment of poison- ing with ; - ———-— effects of on the intes- tines after death Aconita, the alkaloid of monkshood Aconitum, poisoning with Acrid poisons of the vegetable and 163 154 159 135 163 739 739 animal kingdoms 514 Action of poisons ° ° ] by absorption 8 — causes which mo- dify the , ° 20 local : 1 (ne remote . 4 — organs acted on by the remote : 4 17 rapidity of the 7, 657 throughsympathy 5 applied to the dis- covery of antidotes 26 Administration of poison by pri- soner, necessity of the ied of, on trials ° 72 —— by prisoner, may be proved by pure medical evidence _ 72 Aithusa, poisoning with 737 Aggregation, state of, its effects on the action of poisons : 21 Alcohol, poisoning with . — morbid appearances indu- ced by ; ———- poisoning of with other poisons ———- symptoms of poisoning with, in its several degrees Alkalis and alkaline salts, fixed —— their mode 800 803 of action 205 ———— morbid ap- pearances caused by them ——_——— symptoms caused in man, several varieties of 206 tests for 203 ———— treatment of poisoning with Alkaline sulphurets. See Sulphurels. 208 <= 209 Almond. See Bitter-Almond. Ammonia and its salts, tests of 217 —— their effects on man and animals ‘ 218 Ammoniacal gas, effects of, on man 218 Amygdalus. See Bitter-almond. Anemone, its effects as a poison Angustura-bark, false, its effects on 526 man and animals * : 760 Animal acrids, general observations on their effects - 514 Animal matter poisoned by disease 552 — poisonous from ordi- nary putrefaction . 555 —————— poisonous from mo- dified putrefaction ’ 557 Animals, evidence of poisoning from experiments on —-— effects of suspected articles of food, on : . 62 Se effects of suspected matters of vomiting or contents of stomach on . : ———- experiments on, may illus- trate physiological points sa on trials ° —— —- various effects of poisons on different Antidotes, by what principles the search for them must be regu- lated . Antimony, tests for its compounds ——- tartrate of. See Tar- tar-emetic. Apoplexy, distinction between it and narcotic poisoning, drawn from symptoms ° ———-~ distinction between it and narcotic poisoning, drawn from morbid appearances congestive, appearances of ———-— from éxtravasation ———- serous : —-— simple . A 582 Arseniate of potass, its tests 258 Arsenic, tests for its compounds 223 action of, illustrated by ex- periments on animals : -~—— acts through all the animal tissues : } --—— acts in all its chemical forms, except in the metallic state : ——— action of is a little impaired by the effects of mixture—-not by habit a acts when applied to ulcers and eruptions acts when applied to the sound skin ° —-———- acts when introduced into the rectum --———- acts when thrust into the vagina 291 ——-——— acts powerfully when inhaled 293 — does it exist in the blood of those poisoned with it ? . 263 425 578 562 582 586 388 © 291
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