| 60. | Treatment of Acute Poisoning by the Mineral Acids, | 83 | 61. | Post-mortem Appearances—Rapid and Slow Poisoning—Illustrative Cases, | 83-85 | 62. | Pathological Preparations in the different London Hospital Museums, | 85, 86 | 63. | Chronic Poisoning, | 86 | | Detection and Estimation of Free Sulphuric Acid. | | 64. | General Method of Separating the Free Mineral Acids—The Quinine Process—The Old Process of Extraction by Alcohol—Hilger’s Test for Mineral Acid, | 87, 88 | 65. | The Urine—Excretion of Sulphates in Health and Disease—The Characters of the Urine after taking Sulphuric Acid, | 88-90 | 66. | The Blood in Sulphuric Acid Poisoning, | 90 | 67. | The Question of the Introduction of Sulphates by the Food—Largest possible Amount of Sulphates introduced by this Means—Sulphur of the Bile—Medicinal Sulphates, | 90, 91 | | II. HYDROCHLORIC ACID. | | 68. | General Properties of Hydrochloric Acid—Discovery—Uses—Tests, | 91, 92 | 69. | Statistics, | 92, 93 | 70. | Fatal Dose, | 93 | 71. | Amount of Free Acid in the Gastric Juice, | 93, 94 | 72. | Influence of Hydrochloric Acid on Vegetation—Present Law on the Subject of Acid Emanations from Works—The Resistant Powers of various Plants, | 94 | 73. | Action on Cloth and Manufactured Articles, | 95 | 74. | Poisonous Effects of Hydrochloric Acid Gas—Eulenberg’s Experiments on Rabbits and Pigeons, | 95, 96 | 75. | Effects of the Liquid Acid—Absence of Corrosion of the Skin—Pathological Appearances—Illustrative Cases, | 96, 97 | 76. | Post-mortem Appearances—Preparations in the different London Museums, | 97, 98 | 77. | (1) Detection of Free Hydrochloric Acid—GÜnzburg’s Test—A. Villiers’s and M. Favolle’s Test—(2) Quantitative Estimation, Sjokvist’s Method—Braun’s Method, | 98-126, 127 | | Toxicological Detection of Alkali Salts. | | 136. | Natural occurrence of Potassium and Sodium Salts in the Blood and Tissues—Tests for Potassic and Sodic Salts—Tests for Potassic Nitrate—Tests for Chlorates—Ammonium Salts, | 127, 128 |
| | PART V.—MORE OR LESS VOLATILE POISONOUS SUBSTANCES CAPABLE OF BEING SEPARATED BY DISTILLATION FROM NEUTRAL OR ACID LIQUIDS. | | | Hydrocarbons—Camphor—Alcohol—Amyl Nitrite—Ether—Chloroform and other AnÆsthetics—Chloral—Carbon Bisulphide—Carbolic Acid—Nitro-Benzene—Prussic Acid—Phosphorus. | | | I. HYDROCARBONS. | | | 1. Petroleum. | | 137. | Petroleum, | 129 | 138. | Cymogene, | 129 | 139. | Rhigolene, | 129 | 140. | Gasolene, | 129 | 141. | Benzoline—Distinction between Petroleum-Naphtha, Shale-Naphtha, and Coal-Tar Naphtha, | 129, 130 | 142. | Paraffin Oil, | 130 | 143. | Effects of Petroleum—Experiments on Rabbits, &c., | 130, 131 | 144. | Poisoning by Petroleum—Illustrative Cases, | 131 | 145. | Separation and Tests for Petroleum, | 131 | | 2. Coal-Tar Naphtha—Benzene. | | 146. | Composition of Commercial Coal-Tar Naphtha, | 131 | 147. | Symptoms observed after Swallowing Coal-Tar Naphtha, | 132 | 148. | Effects of the Vapour of Benzene, | 132 | | Detection and Separation of Benzene. | | 149. | Separation of Benzene—(1) Purification; (2) Conversion into Nitro-Benzene; (3) Conversion into Aniline, | 132, 133 | 3. | Terpenes—Essential Oils—Oil of Turpentine. | 150. | Properties of the Terpenes, Cedrenes, and Colophenes, | 133 | | 4. Oil of Turpentine—Spirits of Turpentine. | | 151. | Terebenthene—Distinction between French and English Turpentine, | 133, 134 | 152. | Effects of the Administration of Turpentine, | 134 | | II. CAMPHOR. | | 153. | Properties of Camphor, | | 270. | General Action of the Alkaline Cyanides—Experiments with Ammonic Cyanide Vapour, | 210 | 271. | The Poisonous Action of several Metallic and Double Cyanides—The Effects of Mercuric and Silver Cyanides; of Potassic and Hydric Sulphocyanides; of Cyanogen Chloride; of Methyl Cyanide, and of Cyanuric Acid, | 210, 211 | | XIII. PHOSPHORUS. | | 272. | Properties of Phosphorus—Solubility—Effects of Heat on Phosphorus, | 212, 213 | 273. | Phosphuretted Hydrogen—Phosphine, | 213 | 274. | The Medicinal Preparations of Phosphorus, | 213 | 275. | Matches and Vermin Paste, | 213-215 | 276. | Statistics of Phosphorus Poisoning, | 215, 216 | 277. | Fatal Dose, | 216 | 278. | Effects of Phosphorus, | 217 | 279. | Different Forms of Phosphorus Poisoning, | 217, 218 | 280. | Common Form, | 218, 219 | 281. | HÆmorrhagic Form, | 219 | 282. | Nervous Form, | 219 | 283. | SequelÆ, | 219, 220 | 284. | Period at which the First Symptoms commence, | 220 | 285. | Period of Death, | 220 | 286. | Effects of Phosphorus Vapour—Experiments on Rabbits, | 220, 221 | 287. | Effects of Chronic Phosphorus Poisoning, | 221, 222 | 288. | Changes in the Urinary Secretion, | 222 | 289. | Changes in the Blood, | 222, 223 | 290. | Antidote—Treatment by Turpentine, | 342. | Fatal Dose, | 281 | 343. | Detection of Aniline, | 281 | | III. THE OPIUM GROUP OF ALKALOIDS. | | 344. | General Composition of Opium, | 281, 282 | 345. | Action of Solvents on Opium, | 282, 283 | 346. | The Methods of Teschemacher and Smith, of Dott and others for the Assay of Opium, | 283, 284 | 347. | Medicinal and other Preparations of Opium, | 284-288 | 348. | Statistics of Opiate Poisoning, | 288, 289 | 349. | Poisoning of Children by Opium, | 289 | 350. | Doses of Opium and Morphine—Fatal Dose, | 289, 290 | 351. | General Method for the Detection of Opium, | 290, 291 | 352. | Morphine; its Properties, | 291, 292 | 353. | Morphine Salts; their Solubility, | 292, 293 | 354. | Constitution of Morphine, | 293, 294 | 355. | Tests for Morphine and its Compounds—Production of Morphine Hydriodide—Iodic Acid Test and other Reactions—Transformation of Morphine into Codeine, | 294-296 | 356. | Symptoms of Opium and Morphine Poisoning—Action on Animals, | 296-298 | 357. | Physiological Action, | 298, 299 | 358. | Physiological Action of Morphine Derivatives, | 299 | 359. | Action on Man—(a) The Sudden Form; (b) the Convulsive Form; (c) a Remittent Form of Opium Poisoning—Illustrative Cases, | 299-303 | 360. | Diagnosis of Opium Poisoning, | 303, 304 | 395, 396 | 482. | Effects on Man—Illustrative Cases, | 396 | 483. | Symptoms of Acute and Chronic Poisoning, | 396, 397 | 484. | Post-mortem Signs, | 397 | 485. | Separation of the Veratrum Alkaloids from Organic Matters, | 397 | | VIII. PHYSOSTIGMINE. | | 486. | The Active Principle of the Calabar Bean, | 397, 398 | 487. | Physostigmine or Eserine—Properties, | 398, 399 | 488. | Tests, | 399 | 489. | Pharmaceutical Preparations, | 399, 400 | 490. | Effects on Animals—On Man—The Liverpool Cases of Poisoning, | 400 | 491. | Physiological Action, | 401 | 492. | Post-mortem Appearances, | 401 | 493. | Separation of Physostigmine, | 401, 402 | 494. | Fatal Dose of Physostigmine, | 402 | | IX. PILOCARPINE. | | 495. | Alkaloids from the Jaborandi, | 402 | 496. | Pilocarpine, | 402, 403 | 497. | Tests, | 403 | 498. | Effects of Pilocarpine, | 403, 404 | | X. TAXINE. | | 499. | Properties of Taxine, | 404 | 500. | Poisoning by the Common Yew, | 404 | 501. | Effects on Animals—Physiological Action, | 404 | 502. | Effects on Man, | 404, 405 | 559. | Neriin, or Oleander Digitalin, | 435 | 560. | Symptoms of Poisoning by Oleander, | 435, 436 | 561. | The Madagascar Ordeal Poison, | 436 | | 4. Substances which, with other Toxic Effects, behave like the Digitalins. | | 562. | Erythrophlein, | 436 | | III. SAPONIN—SAPONIN SUBSTANCES. | | 563. | The Varieties of Saponins, | 436, 437 | 564. | Properties of Saponin, | 437 | 565. | Effects of Saponin, | 437, 438 | 566. | Action on Man, | 438 | 567. | Separation of Saponin, | 438, 439 | 568. | Identification of Saponin, | 439 | | Division III.—Certain Poisonous Anhydrides of Organic Acids. | | | I. SANTONIN. | | 569. | Properties of Santonin, | 439, 440 | 570. | Poisoning by Santonin, | 440 | 571. | Fatal Dose, | 440 | 572. | Effects on Animals, | 440 | 573. | Effects on Man—Yellow Vision, | 440, 441 | 574. | Post-mortem Appearances, | 441 | 575. | Separation from the Contents of the Stomach, | 441, 442 | | II. MEZEREON. | | 576. | Cases of Poisoning by the Mezereon, | 442 | | Division IV.—Various Vegetable Poisonous Principles—not Admitting of Classification Under the Previous Three Divisions. | | | I. ERGOT OF RYE. | | 577. | Description of the Ergot Fungus, | 442, 443 | 578. | Chemical Constituents of Ergot—Ergotinine—Ecboline—Scleromucin—Sclerotic Acid—Sclererythrin—Scleroidin—Sclerocrystallin—Sphacelic Acid—Cornutin, | 443-516 | 699. | Physiological Action, | 516, 517 | 700. | Pathological Changes produced by Oxalic Acid and the Oxalates, | 517, 518 | 701. | Preparations in Museums Illustrative of the Effects of Oxalic Acid, | 518 | 702. | Pathological Changes produced by the Acid Oxalate of Potash, | 518, 519 | 703. | Separation of Oxalic Acid from Organic Substances, the Tissues of the Body, &c., | 519-521 | 704. | Oxalate of Lime in the Urine, | 521 | 705. | Estimation of Oxalic Acid, | 521, 522 | | Certain Oxalic Bases—Oxalmethyline—Oxalpropyline. | | 706. | The Experiments of Schulz and Mayer on Oxalmethyline, Chloroxalmethyline, and Oxalpropyline, | 522, 523 |
| | PART IX.—INORGANIC POISONS. | | | I. Precipitated from a Hydrochloric Acid Solution by Hydric Sulphide—Precipitate Yellow or Orange. | | | ARSENIC—ANTIMONY—CADMIUM. | | | 1. Arsenic. | | 707. | Metallic Arsenic; its Chemical and Physical Properties, | 524 | 708. | Arsenious Anhydride—Arsenious Acid; its Properties and Solubility, | 524, 525 | 709. | Arseniuretted Hydrogen (Arsine), | 525-527 | 710. | Arseniuretted Hydrogen in the Arts, &c., | 527 | 711. | The Effects of Arseniuretted Hydrogen on Man—Illustrative Cases, | 527, 528 | 712. | The Sulphides of Arsenic, | 528, 529 | 713. | Orpiment, or Arsenic Trisulphide, | 529 | 714. | Haloid Arsenical Compounds—Chloride of Arsenic—Iodide of Arsenic, | 529 | 715. | Arsenic in the Arts, | 529, 530 | 716. | Pharmaceutical Preparations of Arsenic—Veterinary Arsenical Medicines—Rat and Fly Poisons—Quack Nostrums—Pigments—External Application of Arsenic for Sheep—Arsenical Soaps—Arsenical Compounds used in Pyrotechny, | 766. | Cadmium Oxide, | 590 | 767. | Cadmium Sulphide, | 590 | 768. | Medicinal Preparations of Cadmium—Cadmium Iodide—Cadmium Sulphate, | 590 | 769. | Cadmium in the Arts, | 590 | 770. | Fatal Dose of Cadmium, | 590 | 771. | Separation and Detection of Cadmium, | 590, 591 | | II. Precipitated by Hydric Sulphide in Hydrochloric Acid Solution—Black. | | | LEAD—COPPER—BISMUTH—SILVER—MERCURY. | | | 1. Lead. | | 772. | Lead and its Oxides—Litharge—Minium, or Red Lead, | 591, 592 | 773. | Sulphide of Lead, | 592 | 774. | Sulphate of Lead, | 592 | 775. | Acetate of Lead, | 592 | 776. | Chloride of Lead—Carbonate of Lead, | 592, 593 | 777. | Preparations of Lead used in Medicine, the Arts, &c.—(1) Pharmaceutical—(2) Quack Nostrums—(3) Preparations used in the Arts—Pigments—Hair Dyes—Alloys, | 593, 594 | 778. | Statistics of Lead-Poisoning, | 594 | 779. | Lead as a Poison—Means by which Lead may be taken into the System, | 595, 596 | 780. | Effects of Lead Compounds on Animals, | 596, 597 | 781. | Effects of Lead Compounds on Man—Acute Poisoning—Mass Poisoning by Lead—Case of Acute Poisoning by the Carbonate of Lead, | 597-599 | 782. | Chronic Poisoning by Lead, | 599, 600 | 783. | Effects of Lead on the Nervous System—Lead as a Factor of Insanity, | 600, 601 | 784. | Amaurosis Caused by Lead-Poisoning—Influence on the Sexual Functions—Caries—Epilepsy, | 601-603 | 785. | Uric Acid in the Blood after Lead-Poisoning, | 679 | 901. | Detection and Estimation of Uranium, | 679 | | V. Alkaline Earths. | | | BARIUM. | | 902. | Salts of Barium in Use in the Arts, | 679, 680 | 903. | Chloride of Barium, | 680 | 904. | Baric Carbonate, | 680 | 905. | Sulphate of Barium, | 680 | 906. | Effects of the Soluble Salts of Barium on Animals, | 681 | 907. | Effects of the Salts of Barium on Man—Fatal Dose, | 681, 682 | 908. | Symptoms, | 682, 683 | 909. | Distribution of Barium in the Body, | 683 | 910. | Post-mortem Appearances, | 683, 684 | 911. | Separation of Barium Salts from Organic Solids or Fluids, and their Identification, | 684 |
| | APPENDIX. | | | Treatment, by Antidotes or Otherwise, of Cases of Poisoning. | | 912. | Instruments, Emetics, and Antidotes Proper for Furnishing an Antidote Bag, | 685, 686 | 913. | Poisons Arranged Alphabetically—Details of Treatment, | 687-700 | | Domestic Ready Remedies for Poisoning. | | 914. | The “Antidote Cupboard,” and How to Furnish it, | 701 |
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