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Treatise on Poisons by Sir Robert Christison
1. _Arsenical_ White arsenic 185

Treatise on Poisons by Sir Robert Christison

1. _Arsenical_ White arsenic 185

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Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: PART II.—OF INDIVIDUAL POISONS.
Chapter 3: CHAPTER I.
Chapter 4: 1. _On the Action of Poisons through Sympathy._ In the infancy of
Chapter 5: 2. _Of the Action of Poisons through Absorption._—If doubts may be
Chapter 6: 1. _Quantity_ affects their action materially. Not only do they produce
Chapter 7: 2. _As to state of aggregation_,—poisons act the more energetically the
Chapter 8: 3. The next modifying cause is _chemical combination_. This is sometimes
Chapter 9: 4. The effect of _mixture_ depends partly on the poisons being diluted.
Chapter 10: 5. _Difference of tissue_ is an interesting modifying power in a
Chapter 11: 6. With respect to differences arising from _difference of organ_, these
Chapter 12: 7. _Habit and Idiosyncrasy._—The remarks to be made under the present
Chapter 13: 8. The last modifying cause to be mentioned comprehends certain
Chapter 14: CHAPTER II.
Chapter 15: 1. The first characteristic is the _suddenness of their appearance and
Chapter 16: 2. The next general characteristic of the symptoms of poisoning is
Chapter 17: 3. Another characteristic is _uniformity in the nature of the symptoms_
Chapter 18: 4. The fourth characteristic is, that _the symptoms begin soon after a
Chapter 19: 5. Lastly, _the symptoms appear during a state of perfect health_. This
Chapter 20: 1. As to the _suddenness of their invasion and rapidity of their
Chapter 21: 2. As to the uniformity or _uninterrupted increase of the symptoms_, it
Chapter 22: 3. It was stated above, that the third character, _uniformity in kind_
Chapter 23: 4. In the next place, it was observed that some reliance may be placed
Chapter 24: 5. Little need be said with regard to _the symptoms beginning, while the
Chapter 25: 1. It may have been discharged by vomiting and purging. Thus on the
Chapter 26: 2. The poison may have disappeared, because it has been all absorbed. It
Chapter 27: 3. Poisons may not be found, because the excess has been decomposed.
Chapter 28: 4. Lastly, the poison which has been absorbed into the system, and may
Chapter 29: 1. The evidence derived from _the effects of suspected food, drink, or
Chapter 30: 2. In the case of _the vomited matter_ or _contents of the stomach_
Chapter 31: 3. The effects of _the flesh of poisoned animals_, eaten by other
Chapter 32: 3. The next article, which relates to the proof of the administration of
Chapter 33: 4. The next article in the moral evidence relates to the intent of the
Chapter 34: 5. The next article among the moral circumstances,—the simultaneous
Chapter 35: 6. The next article of the moral evidence relates to suspicious conduct
Chapter 36: CHAPTER III.
Chapter 37: CHAPTER I.
Chapter 38: 1. _Arsenical_ White arsenic 185
Chapter 39: 2. _Acids_ Sulphuric acid 32
Chapter 40: 3. _Mercurials_ Corrosive sublimate 12
Chapter 41: 4. _Other mineral irritants_ Tartar-emetic 2
Chapter 42: 5. _Veget. irritants_ Colchicum 3
Chapter 43: 7. _Opium_ Opium or Laudan. 180
Chapter 44: 8. _Hydrocyanic acid_ Med. Hydroc. acid 27
Chapter 45: 9. _Other veget. Narcotics_ Nux-vomica 3
Chapter 46: 11. Unascertained 22
Chapter 47: CHAPTER II.
Chapter 48: 1. _Distension of the Stomach._—Mere distension of the stomach from
Chapter 49: 2. _Rupture of the Stomach_ is not a common occurrence; but it sometimes
Chapter 50: 3. _Rupture of the Duodenum_ is a very rare accident from internal
Chapter 51: 4. Under the next head may be classed rupture of the other organs of the
Chapter 52: 5. The next accident which may be noticed on account of its being liable
Chapter 53: 6. _Of Bilious Vomiting and Simple Cholera._—Of all the diseases which
Chapter 54: 7. _Of Malignant Cholera._—The history of this disease affords a fair
Chapter 55: 8. _Of Inflammation of the Stomach._—Chronic inflammation of the stomach
Chapter 56: 9. _Inflammation of the Intestines_ in its acute form is more common
Chapter 57: 10. _Inflammation of the Peritonæum_, or lining membrane of the belly,
Chapter 58: 11. The subject of _Spontaneous Perforation of the Stomach_ is an
Chapter 59: 12. The _gullet_ may be perforated in a similar manner either with or
Chapter 60: 13. _Perforation of the alimentary canal by worms_ may here also be
Chapter 61: 14. The next diseases to be mentioned are melæna and hæmatemesis, or
Chapter 62: 15. The last are _colic_, _iliac passion_, and _obstructed intestine_.
Chapter 63: CHAPTER III.
Chapter 64: 1. _When concentrated_ it is oily-looking, colourless, or brownish from
Chapter 65: 2. _When diluted_, it may be distinguished from all ordinary acids by
Chapter 66: 3. It is seldom that the medical jurist is called on to search for
Chapter 67: 1. The most ordinary symptoms are those of the first variety,—namely,
Chapter 68: 2. The second variety of symptoms belong to a peculiar modification of
Chapter 69: 3. The third variety includes cases of imperfect recovery. These are
Chapter 70: 4. The last variety comprehends cases of perfect recovery, which are
Chapter 71: 1. _When concentrated_, nitric acid is easily known by the odour of its
Chapter 72: 2. _In a diluted state_ this acid is not so easily recognised as the
Chapter 73: 3. _When in a state of compound mixture_, nitric acid, like sulphuric
Chapter 74: 1. Hydrochloric acid, _in its concentrated state_, is colourless, if
Chapter 75: 2. _When diluted_, it is recognised with facility, first by
Chapter 76: 3. In the last edition of this work I proposed for the detection of
Chapter 77: CHAPTER IV.
Chapter 78: CHAPTER V.
Chapter 79: CHAPTER VI.
Chapter 80: 1. In the form of a pure solution, its nature may be satisfactorily
Chapter 81: 2. The only important modifications in the analysis rendered necessary
Chapter 82: CHAPTER VII.
Chapter 83: CHAPTER VIII.
Chapter 84: CHAPTER IX.
Chapter 85: CHAPTER X.
Chapter 86: CHAPTER XI.
Chapter 87: CHAPTER XII.
Chapter 88: CHAPTER XIII.
Chapter 89: 3. The arsenite of copper, or _mineral green_. 4. The arsenite of potass
Chapter 90: 2. _Of the Tests for Arsenious Acid._
Chapter 91: 7. After the precipitate has thoroughly subsided, the supernatant liquid
Chapter 92: introduction as a poison into the body. This topic, one of paramount
Chapter 93: 1. _Arsenic may exist as an adulteration in some reagents._—It must be
Chapter 94: 2. _Arsenic may be present in some articles of chemical
Chapter 95: 3. _Arsenic may have existed in antidotes administered during life._—It
Chapter 96: 4. _Arsenic sometimes exists naturally in the human body._—This
Chapter 97: 5. _Arsenic may exist in the soil of churchyards._—This proposition too
Chapter 98: 3. _Arsenite of Copper_.
Chapter 99: 4. _Arsenite of Potass_.
Chapter 100: 5. _Arseniate of Potass._
Chapter 101: 6. _The Sulphurets of Arsenic._
Chapter 102: 7. _Arseniuretted-Hydrogen._
Chapter 103: 1. In one order of cases, then, arsenic produces symptoms of irritation
Chapter 104: 2. The second variety of poisoning with arsenic includes a few cases in
Chapter 105: 3. The third variety of poisoning with arsenic places in a clear point
Chapter 106: CHAPTER XIV.
Chapter 107: 1. _Of Red Precipitate._
Chapter 108: 2. _Of Cinnabar._
Chapter 109: 3. _Of Turbith Mineral._
Chapter 110: 4. _Of Calomel._
Chapter 111: 5. _Of Corrosive Sublimate._
Chapter 112: 1. _Hydrosulphuric acid gas_ transmitted in a stream through a solution
Chapter 113: 1. _Lime-Water_ throws down the binoxide of mercury in the form of a
Chapter 114: 6. _Of Bicyanide of Mercury._
Chapter 115: 7. _Of the Nitrates of Mercury._
Chapter 116: 1. The symptoms in the first variety are very like what occur in the
Chapter 117: 2. The second variety of poisoning with mercury comprehends the cases,
Chapter 118: 3. The third variety of poisoning with mercury comprehends all the forms
Chapter 119: introduction of corrosive sublimate into the stomach. The poison then
Chapter 120: CHAPTER XV.
Chapter 121: 1. _Mineral Green._
Chapter 122: 2. _Natural Verdigris._
Chapter 123: 3. _Blue Vitriol._
Chapter 124: 1. _Ammonia_ causes a pale azure precipitate, which is redissolved by an
Chapter 125: 2. _Sulphuretted hydrogen gas_ causes a dark brownish-black precipitate,
Chapter 126: 3. _Ferro-cyanate of potass_ causes a fine hair-brown precipitate, the
Chapter 127: 4. A polished rod or plate of _metallic iron_, held in a solution of
Chapter 128: 4. _Artificial Verdigris._
Chapter 129: 1. Should the subject of analysis not be a liquid, render it such by
Chapter 130: 2. If the copper be extremely minute in quantity, sulphuretted hydrogen
Chapter 131: CHAPTER XVI.
Chapter 132: 1. _Caustic potass_ precipitates a white sesquioxide, but only if the
Chapter 133: 2. _Nitric acid_ throws down a white precipitate, and takes it up again
Chapter 134: 3. The _Infusion of Galls_ causes a dirty, yellowish-white precipitate;
Chapter 135: 4. The best liquid reagent is _Hydrosulphuric acid_. In a solution
Chapter 136: 5. When the solution is put into Marsh’s apparatus for detecting arsenic
Chapter 137: 1. Subject a small portion of the liquid to a stream of hydrosulphuric
Chapter 138: 2. If hydrosulphuric acid do not distinctly affect the liquid, or if no
Chapter 139: 3. If antimony be not indicated in either of these ways in the fluid
Chapter 140: CHAPTER XVII.
Chapter 141: CHAPTER XVIII.
Chapter 142: 1. _Of Litharge and Red Lead._
Chapter 143: 2. _Of White Lead._
Chapter 144: 3. _Of Sugar of Lead._
Chapter 145: 1. _Hydrosulphuric acid_ causes a black precipitate, the sulphuret of
Chapter 146: 2. _Chromate of potass_, both in the state of proto-chromate and
Chapter 147: 3. _Hydriodate of potass_ causes also a lively gamboge-yellow
Chapter 148: 4. _A rod of zinc_ held for some time in the solution displaces the
Chapter 149: 4. _Goulard’s Extract._
Chapter 150: introduction of lead into the body; and in the last the whole course of
Chapter 151: introduction of lead into the body may be presumed to be the real cause.
Chapter 152: introduction of lead into the system. Dr. Burton thinks it will when the
Chapter 153: CHAPTER XIX.
Chapter 154: CHAPTER XX.
Chapter 155: CHAPTER XXI.
Chapter 156: CHAPTER XXII.
Chapter 157: CHAPTER XXIII.
Chapter 158: CHAPTER XXIV.
Chapter 159: CHAPTER XXV.
Chapter 160: CHAPTER XXIV.
Chapter 161: 1. Apoplexy is sometimes preceded at considerable intervals by warning
Chapter 162: 2. Apoplexy attacks chiefly the old. It is not, however, confined to the
Chapter 163: 3. The next criterion is, that apoplexy occurs chiefly among fat people.
Chapter 164: 4. A fourth criterion is drawn from the relation which the appearance of
Chapter 165: 5. Another criterion relates to the progress of the symptoms. The
Chapter 166: 6. Although there is a great resemblance between the symptoms of
Chapter 167: 7. In the last place, a useful criterion may be derived from the
Chapter 168: 1. The epileptic fit _is sometimes preceded by certain warnings_, such
Chapter 169: 2. The symptoms of the epileptic fit _almost always begin violently and
Chapter 170: 3. As in apoplexy, so in epilepsy the patient _in general cannot be
Chapter 171: 4. When a person dies in a fit of epilepsy, _the paroxysm generally
Chapter 172: 5. M. Esquirol, a writer of high authority, says that epilepsy _very
Chapter 173: CHAPTER XXVII.
Chapter 174: 1. If there be any solid matter, it is to be cut into small fragments,
Chapter 175: 2. Add now the solution of acetate of lead as long as it causes
Chapter 176: 3. The fluid part is to be treated with hydrosulphuric acid gas, to
Chapter 177: 4. It is useful, however, to separate the meconic acid also; because, as
Chapter 178: 5. If there be a sufficiency of the original material, Merck’s process
Chapter 179: 546. There is little doubt that poisoning with opium may cause
Chapter 180: CHAPTER XXVIII.
Chapter 181: CHAPTER XXIX.
Chapter 182: CHAPTER XXX.
Chapter 183: CHAPTER XXXI.
Chapter 184: 1. M. Chomel of Paris has related a case of poisoning with the gas
Chapter 185: 2. The fumes of burning charcoal have been long known to be deleterious.
Chapter 186: 3. It is probable that in some circumstances a very small quantity of
Chapter 187: 4. The vapours from burning coal are the most noxious of all kinds of
Chapter 188: 5. Somewhat analogous to the symptoms now described are the effects of
Chapter 189: CHAPTER XXXII.
Chapter 190: CHAPTER XXXIII.
Chapter 191: CHAPTER XXXIV.
Chapter 192: CHAPTER XXXV.
Chapter 193: CHAPTER XXXVI.
Chapter 194: CHAPTER XXXVII.
Chapter 195: CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Chapter 196: CHAPTER XXXIX.
Chapter 197: CHAPTER XL.
Chapter 198: CHAPTER XLI.
Chapter 199: 1. When the dose is small, much excitement and little subsequent
Chapter 200: 2. When the effect is sufficiently great to receive the designation of
Chapter 201: 160. In twenty-four hours more the breathing became laborious and
Chapter 202: 3. The third degree of poisoning is not so often witnessed, because, in
Chapter 203: CHAPTER XLII.
Chapter 204: 1. _Poisoning with Arsenic and Alcohol._—A man, after taking twelve
Chapter 205: 3. _Poisoning with Tartar-Emetic and Charcoal Fumes._—Under the head of
Chapter 206: 4. _Poisoning with Alcohol and with Laudanum._—Under the head of
Chapter 207: 5. _Poisoning with Laudanum and Corrosive Sublimate._—Of all the cases
Chapter 208: 6. _Poisoning with Opium and Belladonna._—A lady, who used a compound
Chapter 209: 7. In the following cases, the active poisons to which the individuals
Chapter 210: 2. Apparatus for the distillation of fluids suspected to contain
Chapter 211: 3. Tube for reducing very small portions of arsenic or mercury. The
Chapter 212: 4. A small glass funnel for introducing the material into the tube
Chapter 213: 5. The ordinary apparatus for disengaging sulphuretted-hydrogen. The
Chapter 214: 6. Instrument for washing down scanty precipitates on filters. It is a
Chapter 215: 7. Tubes of natural size for collecting small portions of mercury by
Chapter 216: 8. Pipette, one-fourth the natural size, for removing by suction
Chapter 217: 9. Apparatus for reducing the sulphurets of some metals by a stream of
Chapter 218: 36. Quoted by Marx, die Lehre von den Giften, I. ii. 163.
Chapter 219: 92. Vicarius, Ibidem, Obs. 100. Riselius, Ibidem, Dec. i. An. v. Obs.
Chapter 220: 1762. See Marx, i. ii. 29.
Chapter 221: 1. P. 476, changed “exasperated by the use of oil” to “exacerbated by
Chapter 222: 2. P. 513, changed “I may here add a very opposite instance of
Chapter 223: 6. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.

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