PART II. Toxicology

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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