Chapter VII: Arsenic

The element (arsenicum)—The oxide (white
arsenic)—Arsenicum—Arsenicum trioxide. Forms of: (1)
Crystalline—(2) Amorphous—Solubility. Uses and occurrences: (1)
Steeping, wheat—(2) Preservation of skins—(3) Antiseptics—(4)
Glass making—(5) Fur in boilers—(6) Candles—(7) Preservation
of wood—(8) Sheep washes—(9) Scheele’s green and emerald
green as pigments in sweets (case of Franklin and Randall),
wall papers, toys, &c.—(10) Medicinal—(11) For horses—(12)
Tooth-stopping—(13) Aniline dyes—(14) Fireworks—(15) Rat
and fly poisons (case of Maria Gage)—(16) For cleansing
metals—(17) Arsenic eaters—(18) Cosmetics—(19) For bronzing
metals—(20) Beer brewed from glucose—(21) American paper
collars—(22) Speculum metal—(23) Inhalation for asthma and
bronchitis—(24) Mineral waters. Sulphides of Arsenic: (1)
Orpiment (case of M. A. Burdock)—(2) Realgar. Arsenic acid—The
arsenates—Arsenic trichloride—Arseniuretted hydrogen—Methods
of extraction—Tests—Modifications of old processes
suggested—Marsh’s test, distinction of results in arsenic
and antimony—Reinsch’s test—Doses—Antidotes—Physiological
effects—Remarks—Did L’Angelier commit suicide? 373

CHAPTER VIII.

TRIALS FOR POISONING BY ANTIMONY 397

(1) Dr. Pritchard (_Glasgow Case_), July, 1865.
(2) Dr. Smethurst (_Richmond Case_), August, 1859.
(3) Thos. Winslow (_Liverpool Case_), August, 1860.

CHAPTER IX.

ANTIMONY.

Properties of the metal—Alloys—Compounds—Chlorides,
sulphides, oxides, hydride. Tartar emetic—solubility,
composition, uses and occurrence—commercial, veterinary,
medicinal. Doses and preparations—fatal dose, fatal period.
Physiological effects—Antidotes—Separations and tests—(1)
Reinsch’s—Presence of antimony; purity of the copper employed,
how to be secured; different stains resulting from presence
of arsenic, antimony, mercury, bismuth, tin, silver, gold,
platinum, palladium, sulphur compounds—(2) Dr. Maclagan’s test
in Pritchard’s trial—(3) Marsh’s test—Remarks on Pritchard’s
trial—On Smethurst’s trial—Dr. Taylor and Mr. Herapath—Arsenic
in bismuth—Antimony in grey powder 490

CHAPTER X.

TRIALS FOR POISONING BY ACONITIA OR ACONITINE 514

(1) McConkey—Dublin.
(2) G. H. Lamson (_Wimbledon Case_), December, 1881.