Chapter VIII: Part III: continued (6)

JOY, excessive, death by, II. 28

JURIES, physicians exempt, 16

JUVENTUS, 192

K

KALI (_see_ Potass)

KIDNEYS, rupture of the, III. 67

L

LABOUR, premature, when to be excited, 271

LACERATIONS, II. 123

LACTOMETER, 377

LAUREL water, II. 396

LAZAR, or Leper, 86

LAZARETTOES, 104—129

LEAD, melted, death by, II. 202
and its compounds, II. 202—336
red, danger of, II. 277—352
detection of, _ib._
melted, death by swallowing, II. 317
action of water on, II. 338
diseases induced by, _ib._—356
in wines and cider, II. 340—344
combined with tin, is safe, II. 348
sugar of, II. 349
Goulard’s extract of, II. 350—359—360
white, II. 350
sub-carbonate of, _ib._
oxide of, II. 351
red, II. 352
symptoms of poisoning by, II. 353
dissection after, II. 357
physiological action of, II. 358
tests of, II. 361

LEADEN utensils, danger of, II. 338
glaze of earthenware, II. 340

LEGITIMACY, 216—246

LEGITIMATION of children, 218

_LEPROSO amovendo_, writ _de_, 86

LETTUCE, II. 207

LEUCORRHŒA, 418

LIABILITIES, medical, 72

LICENTIATES, litigations of, 41—46—50

LICENCE, partial, 48

LIGHTNING, death by, II. 63
returning stroke of, II. 66
precautions during, II. 66

LIKENESS, dangers of trusting to, 221

LILLY, Wm., the Astrologer, licenced, 13

LIME kiln, when a nuisance, 351
a poison, II. 202
vapour of, III. 36

LIME water, effect of, on arsenic, II. 249
effect of, on sublimate, II. 271
tartar emetic, II. 284
quick, II. 325
poisoning by, _ib._
tests of, II. 326

LINACRE, Dr. Thomas, 6

LITHARGE, II. 351—359
adulteration of wine by, II. 346

LIVES, insurance on, 381

LIVER, examination of the, III. 65
ruptured, _ib._

LOCAL circumstances, or habit, when important, III. 27

LOCHIA, 252

LOCUSTA, poisons of, II. 133—139

LONDON, City of, not to be prejudiced, 17
practice in, 16
extent of buildings in, 349

LOURLULARY, or Lourgary, 350

LUCID intervals, 299
difficulty of ascertaining, 322

LUNAR caustic, a test for arsenic, II. 240

LUNACY in criminal cases, III. 131

LUNATIC may contract marriage, and how, 171

LUNATICS, 289
access to, 294
commission, 295
committee of the person, 297
estate, 298
comfort of, the first object, 298
recovery of, 299—323
mode of examining, 318
suicide by, II. 105—107
supposed legal remedy of, 294
asylums, 304
commissions for visiting, 304

LUNGS, examination of the, III. 53
of infant, examination of, III. 109
weight of, III. 117
functions of the, II. 17
appearance of, in cases of narcotic poisoning, II. 394

LUTEA, corpora, III. 70

LUTE, fire, composition of, II. 234

M

MACLEAN, Dr. C. on the Plague, 110

MADNESS, 289
_see_ Insanity.

MAGGOTS, death by, II. 453

_MALA praxis_, punishment of, 38
death by, II. 467

MALTA, plague of 1813, 130

MANHOOD, 193

MANIA, 311
_See_ Insanity.
hereditary, 173—186

MANDAMUS, Dr. _Letch’s_, 42
Dr. _Fothergill’s_, 50
Dr. _Archer’s_, 50

MANNERS, change of its influence on health, 88

MANSLAUGHTER, II. 2

MANUFACTORIES, diseases in, 89

MARRIAGE, 168
who may contract, _ib._
parties to, must be _habiles ad matrimonium_, 170
must be _habiles ad consensus_, 171
idiot cannot contract, 171
deaf and dumb can, _ib._
lunatic may and how, _ib._
ancient laws of, 172
nullity of, 176

MECONIC acid, II. 385—387

MEDICAL practitioners, exemptions and liabilities of, 72

MEDICINES, patent, abuse of, 40
dangerous, sale of, 140

MELANCHOLIA, 312—320

_MELIUS inquirendum_ in lunacy, 296

MEMBERS of the College of Physicians, who are, 41—45

MENORRHAGIA, 255

MENSES, 187—232
peculiarity of the discharge, 187
cessation of, 194

MERCURY, poisoning by, II. 148
and its compounds, II. 201
metallic, II. 258—264
oxymuriate or bichloride of, (_see_ Sublimate).
red oxide of, II. 275
nitric oxide of, II. 276
sulphuret of, II. 276
volatility of, II. 459
metallic, salivation by, II. 459

MERCURIAL vapours, II. 458

MIDWIFE, baptism by, 82
oath of, 83
licence of, by the College, 43
by the Bishops, 83

MIDWIFERY, 82

MILITARY surgery, 355

MILITIA, liability to serve in, 75

MILK, secretion of, how far a proof of delivery, 253
man having, 254
adulterations of, 378
assay of, _ib._

MILREEK, or miner’s colic, II. 355

MINERAL poisons, II. 209
readily detected, II. 186

MINES, accidents in, II. 99

MINIUM, II. 352

MITCHELL and family, case of, II. 187—217

MONKS practised physic, 2

MONOMANIA, 318

MONSTERS, 226—227
not to be destroyed, 228

MORPHIA, II. 385
effect of, II. 387

MORTALITY, bills of, 143
Breslaw, _ib._
Northampton, _ib._—147
London, 143
importance of, 145
imperfections of, 145—146
Chester, 147
York, _ib._

MURDER, II. 2
self, (_see_ suicide), II. 104
generally, II. 110
of infants, (_see_ Infanticide), II. 111
by duress, II. 112
by wounding, II. 116
by blows, II. 116

MURIATIC acid, II. 202—313
poisoning by, II. 313
tests of, II. 314

MUSCLE (_Mytilus Edulis_), II. 449—453

MUSHROOMS, poison of, II. 203
poisonous, II. 425
poisoning by, II. 428
antidotes, II. 433

N

NARCOTIC poisons, II. 141—161—203—207—382

NARROTICO-acrid poisons, II. 203—205—207—410

NARCOTINE, II. 385

NAVEL string, strangulation by, III. 123
neglect of, III. 126
hemorrhage, III. 127

NECK, dislocation of, II. 44

NECROPOLIS, project of, 99

NERVES, injuries of, II. 44

NICOTIN, II. 416

NIGHTSHADE, II. 207—410

NITRATE of silver, a test for arsenic, II. 240
objection to, considered, II. 241
best mode of using, II. 241
poisoning by, II. 300
_See_ silver.

NITRE, poisoning by, II. 381
test of, II. 382

NITRIC acid, II. 305
death by, II. 147—202
poisoning by, II. 306
tests of, II. 312

NITRIC oxide of mercury, II. 276

NOISES, excessive, nuisances by, 331—348—351

NON-COMPOS, (_see_ insanity and lunacy), 290

NOYAU, _creme de_, danger of, II. 404

NUISANCES, 330
various kinds of, 330
by putrefaction or fermentation, 330
by tainting the air, 330
the waters, 331—350—351
by noises, 331—348—351
indictment of, 334
actions for, 340
injunctions against, 340
when allowed, 341
evidence on, 347
by probable danger, 352
whether a new comer can have his action for, 353
continuance of, 353

NUX vomica, II. 203—421
uncertain effects of, II. 422

O

OATH of Censor, 18
allegiance and supremacy, 18

OBSTRUCTIONS, death or disease by, II. 144—145

ŒSOPHAGUS ruptured, II. 63

OFFALS, animal poison in, II. 446

OILS, fixed, dangers of, (_see_ combustion), 406

ONIONS, decoction of, error respecting, II. 246

OPERATION, cæsarian, 226—274
sigaultian, 274—280

OPIUM, sale of, should be regulated, 140—II. 383
poisoning by, II. 142—207
excessive dose of, II. 151
Turkey, II, 384
East Indian, II. 383
eaters, II. 388
symptoms of poisoning by, II. 389
action on the brain, II. 389—390
physiological action of, II. 390
treatment in cases of poisoning by, II. 391
mechanical removal of from the stomach, II. 392
detection of, 394

OPHTHALMIA, feigned, 372

OPTICAL deceptions, II. 247

ORGANIC lesions, and effects of poison, II. 162

ORPIMENT, II. 257

OSSIFICATION, III. 75

OVARIA, absence of, 192—213
essential to puberty, 192
diseased, 213
should be examined, II. 181
examination of the, III. 70

OVERBURY, Sir T. murder of, II. 130—137—222—331

OXALIC acid, II. 315
fatal mistakes of, 141—II. 315
poisoning by, II. 316
tests of, _ib._
antidotes to, _ib._

OXYGEN, requisite for respiration, II. 34
consumption of, increased by action, II. 34—39
death, by air deprived of, II. 42

OXYGENIZED blood, necessary to life, II. 20

OXFORD, University of, degrees in, 3—17

OXYMURIATIC acid gas, II. 464

P

PAINTER’S colic, II. 355

PALSY, feigned, 362

PAPIST, recusant cannot practice, 15

PARIS, cemeteries of, 95

PARISH Offices, physicians exempt, 18

PARR, old, 172

PARTURITION, 241
questions on, 241
during insensibility, 243
recent, signs of, 251
difficulty of determining, 258
diseases resembling, 254

PASSIONS violent, their effect, II. 26

PASSION, effects of, III. 14

PEEL, Sir Robert, cotton factories, 89

PEINE fort et dure, II. 56

PELVIS, distorted, 272—274

PENETRATION, in rape, 427

PENIS, malformation of, 203
excessive, 204
diminutive, 201
mutilated, 205
paralysis of, 205

PERFORATIONS, gastric, II. 164—III. 62
in the stomach, II. 164
appearance of, II. 175
not always a sign of poison, II. 175

PERICARDIUM, examination of, III. 56

PERSONAL identity, III 8—131—142

PHANTOMS of insanity, 321

PHARMACOPŒIA, 52

PHOSPHATES distinguished from arsenic, II. 241

PHOSPHORUS, II. 202—333
poisoning by, II. 333

PHYSICIAN, profession of, 1
College of, founded, 6
powers of, 23
charter confirmed, 13
College of how to sue, 28
classes of, 52

PICROTOXINE, II. 425

PLAGUE, regulations in time of, 86
contagion of, 95
definition of, 108
authorities on, 108—111—112
contagious, 109
Dr. Maclean on, 110
at Marseilles, _ib._
Messina, _ib._
ancient authorities on, 111
report of the College on, 113—Appx. 185
in London, 121
source of the, 127
at Malta, 1813, 130
police, 104

PLOMB or asphyxia of privies, 101

PLOUQUET’S test of infanticide, III. 117

POISON, definition of, II. 142

POISONS generally, II. 131
classification of, 199—207
slow, II. 132—143—149—355
vegetable, II. 138—182—366
narcotic, II. 141—154—161—200—203—381
consecutive, II. 147—149
accumulative, II. 148—149—260—355
absolute, II. 150
relative, II. _ib._
corrosive, II. 154—200—201
astringent, II. 200—202—336
animal, II. 440
septic, II. 200—204—_ib._
aerial, II. 204—456
acrid, II. 200—202—371
mineral, II. 209
mechanical, II. 334
narcotico-acrid, II. 200—203—205
absorption of, II. 208
external application of, II. _ib._
effect of on animals, II. 193
of the toad, II. 139
of the lepus marinus, II. 141
of acrid bile, II. 158
of fishes, II. 204
of vipers, II. 442

POISONING, murder by, II. 128
antiquity of, II. 132—138
fables of, II. 136
evidence of, II. 153
questions on, II. 154
by arsenic, II. 216
sublimate, II. 259
antimony, II. 270
copper, II. 291
muriate of tin, II. 295
sulphate of zinc, II. 297
nitrate of silver, II. —
concentrated acids, II. 301
sulphuric acid, II. 303
oxalic acid, II. 316
potass, II. 202—320—322
soda, II. 323
ammonia, II. 324
lime, II. 325
baryta, II. 327
phosphorus, II. 333
lead, II. 353
white hellebore, II. 373
black hellebore, II. 374
fœtid hellebore, II. 375
elaterium, II. 376
colocynth, II. 377
euphorbium, II. 378
savine, II. 378
aconite, II. 380
nitre, II. 381
opium, II. 388
henbane, II. 395
prussic acid, II. 398
nightshade, II. 411
stramonium, II. 414
tobacco, II. 418
hemlock, II. 421
nux vomica, II. 422
mushrooms, II. 428
alcohol, II. 436
fish, II. 451

POISONOUS drugs, sale of, II. 139
proposed regulation, II. 141
fish, II. 449

POITOU, colic of, II. 340—344—346—350

POLICE plague, 104
medical, 138

POPPIES red, mistake arising from, II. 231

POTASS, II. 319
a poison, II. 202—320
carbonate and subcarbonate, effect on sublimate, II. 271
effect on copper, II. 293
arseniate of, effect on copper, II. 293
triple prussiate of, effect on copper, II. 294
subcarbonate of, II. 322
poisoning by, _ib._
antidotes to, II. 323

POTASSÆ, liquor, II. 320
tests of, _ib._

POTASSA fusa, II. 321

POTASSA cum calce, II. 321

PRACTICE within London and seven miles, confined to College of
Physicians and their Licentiates, 16—41
unlicenced, punishment of, 23—26
action for, 28
what is, 30—35
in the country, 41

PRATIQUE, 128

PREGNANCY, 230
_See_ Gestation.
symptoms of, 233
how to ascertain, 236
mistaken for dropsy, 237
may be coexistent with dropsy, 238
privileges of, 239
feigned, 249
signs on dissection, III. 69
plea of, III. 131—141

PRESCRIPTIONS, 64

PRIAPISM, 205

PRINCE Charles Edward, 223

PRINCES, births of, disputed, _ib._
precautions at, _ib._

PRISON discipline, 89—II. 113

PRISONERS, death of, II. 111—112

PRIVIES, cleansing, 100
asphixia of, 101
explosion in, _ib._
regulation of, 102
in Paris, _ib._
gas of, II. 463
infants found in, III. 124

PRECOCITY of talent, 184

PROLAPSUS uteri, 287
feigned, 373

PROTESTANTS, French, charter to, 30

PRUSSIAN blue, nuisance of manufactory, 337

PRUSSIC acid, II. 207—396
spontaneous generation of, II. 162
properties of, II. 397
poisoning by, II. 398
suicide by, II. 399—401
accidents by, II. 399—401—402
physiological action of, II. 404
antidotes, II. 406
test of, II. 408

PTYALISM, extraordinary case of, II. 461

PUBERTY, age of, 170—185
signs of in males, 185
in females, 187
premature, 188
singular case of, 189
how to ascertain, 190

PUERPERAL insanity, III. 129

PUERITIA, 184

PULMONIC test of Infanticide, III. 109

PULVIS successionis, II. 142

PUNCTURES, II. 120

PUNISHMENTS, III. 147

PUTREFACTION, whether capable of generating contagion, 122
nuisances by, 330
as a test of death, II. 3
in cases of poisoning, II. 155—182
signs of in the stomach, II. 181
should not prevent dissection, II. 185

PUTRESCENT animal matter, II. 443

Q

QUARANTINE, 104—127
origin of, 127
laws, 131
vexatious application of, 131
necessity of, 136

QUICKSILVER, _see_ Mercury.

_QUO warranto_ against the President and Censors of the College of
Physicians, 46

QUICK or not, question of, III. 142

R

RANUNCULI, II. 207

RAPE, 416
accusation of, should be immediate, 416
appeal of abolished, 417
in Scotland, 417
immediate medical examination necessary, 417—424
signs of, 417
accuser and accused to be medically examined, 417
false accusation of, 418—426
general observations, 419—424
on the person of an infant, 419
cases of, 420
evidence of infant, 421
male infant under 14 deemed incapable of—sed q., 422
penetration, whether necessary, 427—433
emissio seminis, 427—433
whether Eunuchs can commit, 433
evidence on, 434—439

REALGAR, II. 259

RECOVERY of drowned persons, II. 78

RECTUM, poison inserted into, II. 222—230
examination of the, III. 64

RESEMBLANCE, personal, 220
animal, 221

RESPIRATION, II. 18
artificial, II. 21—78
cessation of, II. 33
utmost suspension of, II. 33
of infants, III. 113
in utero, 224

RESPONSIBILITY, criminal, III. 131

RHEUMATISM, feigned, 358

RICINUS, II. 203

ROYAL Letters, 3

RYE, spurred, poison of, II. 204

S

SAFETY lamp, II. 100

SAFFRON, meadow, II. 207

SALIVATION by sublimate, II. 261

SALT, spirit of, _see_ muriatic acid.

SALT Tax, impolicy of, 90

SANDARACH, mistake of, II. 210

SATURNINE medicines, danger of, II. 359

SAUSAGES, danger of, II. 445

SAVINE, II. 207—378
administering, III. 86—94

SCAMMONY, II. 203

SCHOOLS, diseases in, 90

SCROFULA, hereditary, 173

SEARCHERS, duty of, 144
inadequacy of, 144

SENECTUS, 194

SEPTIC poisons, II. 204—440

SEX, mistaken, 285—286—288

SEXES, equal births of both, 259

SHEEP skins, steeping, a nuisance, 351

SICKNESS, the sweating, 124

SIGAULTIAN operation, 274—280

SIGHT, defective, feigned, 372

SILVER and its compounds, II. 202
nitrate of, II. 207—299
poisoning by, II. 300
tests of, II. 300

SKELETON, examination of the, III. 73
sex of, III. 76

SKULL, examination of, III. 36

SLAUGHTERING in cities, 92

SLAUGHTER houses, nuisance of, 344

SLOW poisoning, II. 145

SMALL pox, exposure of persons with, 86
contagion of, 98
effect of fresh air on, II. 5

SMELTING houses, when nuisances, 338—341
importance of, 342
evidence on, 348

SMOKE, nuisances by, 331—333
modes of diminishing, 335

SMOTHERING, death by, II. 48

SNUFF, dangerous abuse of, II. 419

SOAP boilers, a nuisance, 338

SODA, poisoning by, II. 202—323
tests of, II. 321

SOLEIL, coup de, III. 24—38

SOMNOLENCY, feigned, 359

SPINE, fracture of, III. 44

SPINAL marrow, functions of, II. 20—24

SPIRITS, effects of, II. 434

SPLEEN, ruptured, II. 123—III. 66

SPONTANEOUS combustion (_see_ combustion), 402

SPORADIC fever, 117

SPURRED rye, II. 204

SQUILL, II. 203—207

STABBING, statute of, II. 2

STARCH, manufactories, 332

STARVATION, death by, II. 67—110
cases of, II. 68
voluntary, II. 69

STATUTES, 51. Hen. 3., 375
17. Edw. 2. c. 9., 291
12. Rich. 2. c. 13., 350
9. Hen. 5., 12
3. Hen. 8., 3
5. Hen. 8., 54
14 & 15. Hen. 8., 12—72
21. Hen. 8. c. 1., 402
22. Hen. 8., II. 128
22. Hen. 8. c. 1., 402
23. Hen. 8., II. 468
32. Hen. 8. c. 38., 18—54—72—169—II. 466
34. & 35. Hen. 8., 19—30
37. Hen. 8. c. 26., 402
1. Mary. c. 9., 18—20—26—31
1. & 2. Ph. & Ma. c. 8., 169
4. & 5. Ph. & Ma. c. 4., 402
1. Edw. 6. c. 12., 402—II. 128
2. Edw. 6. c. 8., 297
2. & 3. Edw. 6. c. 23., 169
5. & 6. Edw. 6. c. 12., 171
1. Eliz. c. 1., 169
5. Eliz. c. 10., 154
43. Eliz. c. 13., 402
1. Ja. 1. c. 31., 86
1. Ja. 1. c. 8., II. 2
9. Ja. 1. c. 5., 15
21. Ja. 1. c. 21., III. 85
21. Ja. 1. c. 27., III. _ib._
22. & 23. Car. 2. c. 7., 402
2. Wm. & Ma. sess. 2. c. 8., 336
7. & 8. Wm. 3. c. 35., 171
8. Ann. c. 18., 375
10. Ann. c. 19., 171
1. Geo. 1. c. 48., 402
9. Geo. 1. c. 22., 402
10. Geo. 1., 21—40
12. Geo. 1. c. 61., 352
13. Geo. 1., 21
4. Geo. 2. c. 10., 290
18. Geo. 2. c. 15., 54
10. Geo. 2. c. 32., 402
15. Geo. 2. c. 30., 171
22. Geo. 2. c. 2., 155
28. Geo. 2. c. 19., 402
31. Geo. 2. c. 29., 375
31. Geo. 2. c. 42., 402
9. Geo. 3. c. 29., 402
14. Geo. 3. c. 48., 381
14. Geo. 3. c. 49., 304—305
18. Geo. 3. c. 19., 156
26. Geo, 3. c. 60., 131
40. Geo. 3. c. 79., 136
43. Geo. 3. c. 58., III. 58
44. Geo. 3. c. 98., 135
45. Geo. 3. c. 10., 131
45. Geo. 3. c. 92., 156
48. Geo. 3. c. 96., 306
55. Geo. 3., 62
56. Geo. 3. c. 69., 306
57. Geo. 3. c. 22., 345
57. Geo. 3. c. 106., 306
58. Geo. 3. c. 28., 379
58. Geo. 3. c. 56., 379
58. Geo. 3. c. 65., 379
59. Geo. 3. c. 41., 85
59. Geo. 3. c. 127., 306
1. Geo. 4. c. 98., 306
1. & 2. Geo. 4. c. 33., 306

STEAM engines, number of, 334

STEEL not blackened by arsenic, II. 250
blackened by corrosive sublimate, II. 250—270

STENCH, noxious, nuisances by, 346
need not be unwholesome, 348
death by, II. 111

STERILITY, 197—212
organic, 212
functional, 214
sympathetic, 215—217

STIFFNESS, cadaverous, II. 13—III. 23

STOMACH, injuries of, by poison, II. 163
changes in, after death, II. 164
solution or digestion of, II. 166—171
vascular appearance of, II. 173
red colour, not always to be attributed to poison, II. 230
suspected to contain arsenic, examination of, II. 254
examination of, for sublimate, II. 274
copper, II. 295
lead, II. 357—365
of infants, examination of, III. 120
examination of the, III. 61
ruptured, III. 63
appearance of, in cases of sudden death, II. 393

STONE, feigned, 366

STRAMONIUM, II. 203—413
poisoning by, II. 414

STRANGULATION, II. 21—24—26—42
death by, II. 46

STRYCHNIA, II. 422

SUBLIMATE, corrosive, II. 141—207
_Suleyman_, the taker of, II. 151
absorption of, II. 187
effect of on dough, II. 250
blackens steel, II. 250—270
properties of, II. 259
smell of vapour, _ib._
poisoning by, _ib._
symptoms of a large dose, II. 260
symptoms of small doses, II. 260
salivation by, II. 261
physiological action of, II. 262
antidotes and treatment of, II. 263
action of albumen on, II. 264
gluten on, II. 265
tests for, II. 267
galvanic test, _Sylvester’s_, II. 268
Archdeacon _Wollaston’s_, _ib._
test by precipitation, II. 269
carbonate of potass, II. 271
subcarbonate of potass, _ib._
ammonia, _ib._
lime water, _ib._
nitrate of tin, II. 272
iodine, II. 272
sublimation, II. 273
mode of detecting, when mixed, II. 273
converted into calomel, II. 273
examination of the stomach for, II. 273
effect of tartarized antimony, II. 274

SUBPŒNA ad testificandum, 154

SUCCESSION, Poudres de, II. 355

SUFFOCATION, II. 32—III. 21—24—36
death by, how produced, II. 32
cases of, II. 49—50—55
by compression, II. 55
by obstruction, II. 57
voluntary, fable of, II. 56
during intoxication, II. 58

SUICIDE, II. 1—104
disputed, III. 20
by idiots or lunatics, II. 105
by an infant, II. 195
forfeiture, II. 106
burial of, II. 108
questions on, III. 32
by drowning, III. 41

SUGILLATIONS to be distinguished from ecchymoses, III. 104

SULEYMAN Yeyen, II. 151

SULPHURIC acid, II. 202—302
poisoning by, II. 303
antidotes to, II. 304
tests of, II. 305

SULPHUROUS acid gas, II. 465

SULPHURETTED hydrogen gas, II. 462

SULPHATE of copper, effect on arsenic, II. 245—291

SULPHURETS of arsenic, II. 257
tests of, II. 258
of mercury, II. 276

SUPERFŒTATION, 247—260
cases of, 261
modern case of, 262
in animals, 266
questions on, 268
circumstances essential to, 269

SUPPOSITITIOUS children, 219

SURGEONS of London, 3
College of, 54
their Charters, 55—57
military and naval, 56
actions against for _mala praxis_, 88

SURVIVORSHIP, 388
according to the Code Napoleon, 392
case of, chemically determined, III. 25

SUSPENDED animation (_see_ animation), II. 9

SWINE keeping in London a nuisance, 336

SYMPATHY, extraordinary effects of, 363

SYNCOPE, II. 25
from hemorrhage, II. 26
feigned, II. 360

SYNOPSIS of objects of enquiry in cases of sudden death, III. 1

T

TALLOW MELTERS, nuisance of, 944—346

TAN YARDS, when nuisances, 332

TANNIN effect of on arsenic tests, II. 248

TARTAR emetic, II. 204—207—274—279—280

TENANT by the courtesy, 225

TESTICLES necessary to puberty, 192
use of, 197
want of, 198
concealed, _ib._
defective, 201—202
wasting of, 202

TESTS, chemical, of arsenic, II. 232
sublimate, II. 267
lead, II. 361
copper, II. 292
nitre, II. 382

THORAX, dissection of, III. 52

TIN and its compounds, II. 202
muriate and oxide of, II. 207
nitrate of, effect on sublimate, II. 272
important use of, II. 290—348
muriate of, poisonous, II. 295

TIPPLE, case of Thomas, II. 117

TOAD, poison of the, II. 139

TOBACCO, II. 414
essential oil of, II. 416
prejudices against, II. 415—416
poisoning by, II. 418
injection of, dangerous, II. _ib._
physiological action of, II. 419
difference between the essential oil and infusion of, II. 420
abuse of, II. 88
poison, II. 203—207

TOPHANA, poisons of, II. 134—141

TOXICOLOGY, _see_ Poisons, II. 131

TRADES dangerous, II. 457—III. 8

TRANCES or apparent death, II. 4—6—25

TRAVERSE, right of, in lunacy, 296
by idiot in person, 297
by lunatic, by attorney, _ib._

TREAD MILL, III. 147

TREATMENT of persons poisoned by opium, II. 390

TRIUMPH, H. M. S., case on board, II. 460

TURNER and family, case of, II. 216—250—III. 94

TWINS, united, 227

TYPHUS, generation of, 98
causes of, 123
danger of in populous places, 352

U

UMBILICAL cord, _see_ Navel string.

ULCERS, feigned, 372

UNIVERSITIES, 3—5—13—23—24—28—68

UPAS Antiar, II. 207

URINE, vomiting, feigned, 365
bloody, feigned, _ib._
incontinence of, feigned, 366

UTERUS examination of the, III. 67
absence of, 192—212
imperforate, 212
polypus in, 213
during gestation, 231
gravid, examination of, 237
double, 265
prolapsus of, 287
necessity of inspecting in doubtful cases of sudden death, II. 181

UTERINUS vagitus, 224

V

VAGINA, adhesions in, 206
imperforate, _ib._
obstructed, _ib._
malformation of, 207
double, 265—266
state of in virgins, 431
poison introduced into, II. 221
examination of the, III. 72

VAGITUS Uterinus, 224

VAPOUR, noxious, nuisances by, 331

VAPOURS, mercurial, II. 458
noxious, III. 36

VARNISH manufactories, nuisances, 338

VEGETABLE fermentation, a source of nuisance, 332—345
poisons, II. 138—182—366

VENEREAL disease, 88

VENOMOUS animals, II. 440

VENTILATION in jails, importance of, 125

VERATRIA, II. 374

VERDEGRIS, II. 207—288—290

VERMILION, detection of, II. 277

VESALIUS, a Spanish physician, case of, II. 6

VESPA, II. 443

VIABILITE, 243

VIABILITY of infant, III. 100—108

VILLOUS coat of the stomach, separation of, II. 163

VINEGAR, action of on opium, II. 392
on prussic acid, II. 406

VIPERS, II. 440
bite of, II. 441

VIRGINITY, signs of, 424

VIRGINS, corpora lutea in, III. 71

VITERBI case of, II. 69

VITRIOL, white, _see_ Sulphate of Zinc.
oil of, _see_ Sulphuric Acid.

VOMITING blood, feigned, 365
urine feigned, _ib._
difficult to excite in cases of poisoning by opium, II. 389—393

W

WADDING, murder detected by the examination of, III. 39

WATCH and WARD, physicians exempt, 18—72
surgeons and apothecaries exempt, 54

WATER, in the stomach or lungs of bodies supposed to have been drowned,
II. 38
boiling, death by, II. 202—316
stagnant, 91
tainting, 330—350—351

WHITING, case of Michael, II. 265

WHITEWASHING infected chambers should be enforced, 142

WILL, incapacity of making a, 293

WINE, action of, II. 434

WINES adulterated with lead, II. 344—345
test of, II. 363

WITNESSES, medical, 153
expenses of, 154
examination of, 158
not privileged, 160
observations on, 161

WOMB and its appendages, III. 69

WOUNDS, classification of, II. 116
examination of, II. 118—III. 45
direction of, II. 119—126
incised, II. 119
gun-shot, II. 124
whether inflicted during life, II. 127—III. 31
whether mortal, III. 30

WOUNDING, murder by, II. 116

Y

YELLOW fever, 109—116—135

Z

ZINC and its compounds, II. 202
sulphate of, II. 207
poisoning by, II. 297
tests of, II. 299

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