PART II.—OF INDIVIDUAL POISONS.

CHAP. I. Classification of Poisons 90

CHAP. II. CLASS FIRST. Of Irritant Poisons generally 92

SECTION 1. Of the Symptoms of Irritant Poisons compared with those of Natural Disease 93

SECTION 2. Of the Morbid Appearances of Irritant Poisoning compared with those of natural disease 110

CHAP. III. Mineral Acids 121

SECTION 1. Sulphuric Acid 123

Tests, 123, Action, 128, Morbid Appearances, 135, Treatment, 140

SECTION 2. Nitric Acid 142

SECTION 3. Hydrochloric Acid 146

CHAP. IV. Phosphorus. Sulphur. Chlorine. Iodine. Iodide of Potassium. Bromine 149

CHAP. V. Acetic Acid 164

CHAP. VI. Oxalic Acid 167

SECTION 1. Tests 168

SECTION 2. Action and Symptoms in Man 173

SECTION 3. Morbid Appearances 177

SECTION 4. Treatment 178

Tartaric and Citric Acid 180

CHAP. VII. Fixed Alkalis 180

CHAP. VIII. Nitre 187

CHAP. IX. Alkaline and Earthy Chlorides 191

CHAP. X. Lime 192

CHAP. XI. Ammonia and its salts 193

CHAP. XII. Alkaline Sulphurets 196

CHAP. XIII. Arsenic 197

SECTION 1. Tests for its compounds 198

Fly-powder 199

Oxide of Arsenic 200

Tests in its solid state 203

—— a pure solution 206

—— when in organic mixtures 215

Arsenite of Copper 223

—— of Potass 223

Arseniate of Potass 224

Sulphurets of Arsenic 224

Arseniuretted-hydrogen 227

SECTION 2. Action and Symptoms in Man 227

Mode of Action 227

Symptoms in ordinary cases 234

—— very short cases 241

—— tedious cases 244

Effects through other channels besides the Stomach 251

Force of the evidence from Symptoms 259

SECTION 3. Morbid Appearances 262

SECTION 4. Treatment 283

CHAP. XIV. Mercury 289

SECTION 1. Tests for its preparations 289

Red Precipitate 290

Cinnabar 290

Turbith Mineral 290

Calomel 291

Corrosive Sublimate 291

—— Tests in the solid state 292

—— solution 292

—— organic mixtures 296

Bicyanide of Mercury 303

Nitrates of Mercury 303

SECTION 2. Mode of Action and Symptoms 303

Mode of Action 303

Symptoms of Corrosive Poisoning 310

Symptoms of Irritation and Erethysm combined 314

Symptoms of Erethysm and Mercurial Tremor 316

SECTION 2. Action on different Tissues and in different Chemical forms 327

Force of evidence from Symptoms 336

SECTION 3. Morbid Appearances 337

SECTION 4. Treatment 342

CHAP. XV. Copper 345

SECTION 1. Tests for its Compounds 346

SECTION 2. Action and Symptoms 358

SECTION 3. Morbid Appearances 364

SECTION 4. Treatment 365

CHAP. XVI. Antimony 367

SECTION 1. Tests for its Compounds 367

SECTION 2. Action and Symptoms 371

SECTION 3. Morbid Appearances 376

SECTION 4. Treatment 377

CHAP. XVII. Tin, 379—Silver, 380—Gold, 383—Bismuth, 383—Chrome, 385—Zinc, 386—Iron, 391—Other rarer metals, 395 378

CHAP. XVIII. Lead 396

SECTION 1. Chemical History, and Tests for its Compounds 396

Action of Water on Lead 399

Action of Acidulous Fluids on Lead 416

Process for Lead in Organic Fluids 423

SECTION 2. Action and Symptoms in Man 424

Tradesmen who are apt to suffer from Lead 436

SECTION 3. Morbid Appearances 439

SECTION 4. Treatment, and Precautions for Workmen 441

CHAP. XIX. Baryta 446

CHAP. XX. Vegetable Acrids, Euphorbia, Castor-oil seed, Physic-nut, Bitter Cassava, Manchineel, Croton, Bryony, Colocynth, Elaterium, Ranunculus, Anemone, Caltha, Clematis, Trollius, Mezereon, Cuckoo-pint, Gamboge, Daffodil, Jalap, Savin 451

CHAP. XXI. Cantharides 470

CHAP. XXII. Poisonous Fish 477

CHAP. XXIII. Venomous Serpents and Insects 484

CHAP. XXIV. Diseased and Decayed Animal Matter 487

CHAP. XXV. Mechanical Irritants 501

Substances, irritant, in large doses,—Pepper, Epsom Salt, Alum, Cream of Tartar, Sulphate of Potass, Common Salt, &c. 506

CHAP. XXVI. CLASS II. Of Narcotic Poisons, 510—of Narcotic Poisoning generally, and the distinction between it and natural disease, 511 510

CHAP. XXVII. Opium 530

SECTION 1. Chemical History and Tests 530

SECTION 2. Action and Symptoms 539

Action of Morphia and Narcotine 557

SECTION 3. Morbid Appearances 562

SECTION 4. Treatment 566

CHAP. XXVIII. Hyoscyamus, Lactuca, and Solanum 571

CHAP. XXIX. Hydrocyanic Acid 577

SECTION 1. Tests 578

SECTION 2. Action and Symptoms 582

SECTION 3. Morbid Appearances 593

SECTION 4. Treatment 596

Of the Vegetable Substances which contain Hydrocyanic Acid, 600—Bitter Almond, 601—Cherry-laurel, 605—Peach, 608—Cluster-cherry, 608—Mountain-ash, 608

CHAP. XXX. Carbazotic Acid 610

CHAP. XXXI. Poisonous Gases 611

What Gases are Poisonous 612

Effects on Man of Nitric Oxide Gas, 615—Chlorine, 616—Ammonia, 617—Hydrochloric Acid, 617—Hydrosulphuric Acid, 617—Carburetted hydrogen, 622—Carbonic Acid, 624—Carbonic Oxide, 634—Nitrous Oxide, 635—Cyanogen, 636—Oxygen, 636

CHAP. XXXII. CLASS III. Narcotico-Acrid Poisons 637

CHAP. XXXIII. Nightshade, 639—Thorn-Apple, 644—Tobacco, 647 639

CHAP. XXXIV. Hemlock, 653—Water-hemlock, 657—Hemlock Dropwort, 658—Fool’s Parsley, 661 653

CHAP. XXXV. Monkshood, 662—Black Hellebore, 670 662

CHAP. XXXVI. Squill, 671—White Hellebore and Cevadilla, 672—Meadow-Saffron, 674—Foxglove, 678—Rue, 681—Ipecacuan, 682 671

CHAP. XXXVII. Strychnia, 683—Nux Vomica, 686—St. Ignatius’ Bean, 691—False Angustura, 692 682

CHAP. XXXVIII. Camphor, 694—Cocculus Indicus, 696—Upas Antiar, 698—Coriaria myrtifolia, 698—Yew, 699 694

CHAP. XXXIX. Poisonous Fungi, 700—wholesome and poisonous kinds, 701—qualities how modified, 701—poisonous principles of, 704—effects on man, 704—Poisonous Mosses, 710 700

CHAP. XL. Poisonous Grain, 710—Spurred rye, 711—Spurred maize, 718—rust of wheat, 719—unripe grain, 719—Darnel-grass, 721—Leguminous seeds, 722 710

CHAP. XLI. Alcohol, 725—symptoms in man, 725—morbid appearances, 731—treatment, 735—ether, 736—Empyreumatic Oils, 736 725

CHAP. XLII. Compound Poisoning 740

INDEX 745

Description of Plate 755, 756

PART FIRST. OF GENERAL POISONING.