OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF POISONS.
After the preliminary observations on General Poisoning, I proceed next
to treat of Poisons Individually. The subsequent remarks will be
confined in a great measure to the most common poisons, which will be
examined minutely. The rest being mere objects of curiosity, and hardly
ever taken by man either intentionally or by accident, it will be
sufficient to point out their leading properties.
It may be well to point out in the first instance the poisons in most
general use. These will appear from the following Tables. The first is
compiled from a Parliamentary Return of the cases of fatal poisoning
brought before the coroners of England in two years ending with 1838.