will, of course, be partly attributable to differences in tissue, but
not altogether. For example, in the case of the pure corrosives or
irritants, the injury caused will depend for its danger on the
importance of the organ to the general economy of the body: Inflammation
caused by a local poison in the stomach will be more quickly fatal than
that excited in the intestines only; and such a poison may act violently
on the external parts without materially impairing the general health.