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PART FIRST.—

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CHAPTER I. Of the Physiological Action of Poisons      9

1. Of their Mode of Action                     9

Of the Discovery of Poisons in the Blood              21

2. Of the Causes which modify their Action       27

Application of the preceding observations to the Treatment of Poisoning                                          36

CHAP. II. Of the Evidence of General Poisoning        39

1. Of the Evidence from Symptoms              42

Characters of the Symptoms of Poisoning               42

Characters of the Symptoms of Natural Disease         46

2. Of the Evidence from Morbid Appearances       51

3. Of the Evidence from Chemical Analysis        54

Causes which remove Poisons beyond the reach of analysis                                              55

Chemical Evidence not always indispensable to the proof of Poisoning                                    59

4. Evidence from Experiments on Animals          62

With suspected articles of food or drink              63

With vomited matter or contents of the stomach        67

With the flesh of poisoned animals                    69

5. Moral Evidence                                71

Suspicious conduct of prisoner, 73 and 78.—Proof of administration of poison, 73.—Proof of intent, 78.—Proof from simultaneous illness of several people, 80.—Proof from death-bed declaration         83

CHAP. III. Of Imaginary, Pretended, and Imputed Poisoning     85

PART II.—

CHAP. I. Classification of Poisons                            90

II. Of Irritant Poisons generally           92

1. Of the Symptoms of Irritant Poisons compared with those of Natural Disease                                      93

2. Of the Morbid Appearances of Irritant Poisoning compared with those of natural disease                       110

CHAP. III. Mineral Acids                                     121

1. Sulphuric Acid                                    123

Tests, 123, Action, 128, Morbid Appearances, 135, Treatment, 140

2. Nitric Acid                                          142

3. Hydrochloric Acid                                    146