Chapter III: Part II: Toxicology

I. Definition of a Poison 80
II. Scheduled Poisons 80
III. Classification of Poisons 83
IV. Evidence of Poisoning 85
V. Symptoms and Post-Mortem Appearances of Different Classes
of Poisons 86
VI. Duty of Practitioner in Supposed Case of Poisoning 89
VII. Treatment of Poisoning 90
VIII. Detection of Poison 91
IX. The Mineral Acids 94
X. Sulphuric Acid 95
XI. Nitric Acid 97
XII. Hydrochloric Acid 98
XIII. Oxalic Acid 98
XIV. Carbolic Acid 100
XV. Potash, Soda, and Ammonia 101
XVI. Potassium Salts, etc. 103
XVII. Nitrate of Potassium, etc. 103
XVIII. Barium Salts 104
XIX. Iodine--Iodide of Potassium 104
XX. Phosphorus 105
XXI. Arsenic and its Preparations 107
XXII. Antimony and its Preparations 112
XXIII. Mercury and its Preparations 113
XXIV. Lead and its Preparations 116
XXV. Copper and its Preparations 117
XXVI. Zinc, Silver, Bismuth, and Chromium 118
XXVII. Gaseous Poisons 120
XXVIII. Vegetable Irritants 123
XXIX. Opium and Morphine 124
XXX. Belladonna, Hyoscyamus, and Stramonium 127
XXXI. Cocaine 128
XXXII. Camphor 129
XXXIII. Tetrachlorethane 129
XXXIV. Alcohol, Ether, and Chloroform 130
XXXV. Chloral Hydrate 134
XXXVI. Petroleum and Paraffin Oil 134
XXXVII. Antipyrine, Antefebrin, Phenacetin, and Aniline 135
XXXVIII. Sulphonal, Trional, Tetronal, Veronal, Paraldehyde 137
XXXIX. Conium and Calabar Bean 138
XL. Tobacco and Lobelia 139
XLI. Hydrocyanic Acid 140
XLII. Aconite 143
XLIII. Digitalis 144
XLIV. Nux Vomica, Strychnine, and Brucine 145
XLV. Cantharides 146
XLVI. Abortifacients 147
XLVII. Poisonous Fungi and Toxic Foods 148
XLVIII. Ptomaines or Cadaveric Alkaloids 150

Index 152

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