POISONOUS drugs, sale of, II. 139 proposed regulation, II. 141 fish, II. 449
POPPIES red, mistake arising from, II. 231
POTASS, II. 319 a poison, II. 202—320 carbonate and subcarbonate, effect on sublimate, II. 271 effect on copper, II. 293 arseniate of, effect on copper, II. 293 triple prussiate of, effect on copper, II. 294 subcarbonate of, II. 322 poisoning by, _ib._ antidotes to, II. 323
PRACTICE within London and seven miles, confined to College of Physicians and their Licentiates, 16—41 unlicenced, punishment of, 23—26 action for, 28 what is, 30—35 in the country, 41
PREGNANCY, 230 _See_ Gestation. symptoms of, 233 how to ascertain, 236 mistaken for dropsy, 237 may be coexistent with dropsy, 238 privileges of, 239 feigned, 249 signs on dissection, III. 69 plea of, III. 131—141
PRINCES, births of, disputed, _ib._ precautions at, _ib._
PRIVIES, cleansing, 100 asphixia of, 101 explosion in, _ib._ regulation of, 102 in Paris, _ib._ gas of, II. 463 infants found in, III. 124
PRUSSIAN blue, nuisance of manufactory, 337
PRUSSIC acid, II. 207—396 spontaneous generation of, II. 162 properties of, II. 397 poisoning by, II. 398 suicide by, II. 399—401 accidents by, II. 399—401—402 physiological action of, II. 404 antidotes, II. 406 test of, II. 408
PUBERTY, age of, 170—185 signs of in males, 185 in females, 187 premature, 188 singular case of, 189 how to ascertain, 190
PUTREFACTION, whether capable of generating contagion, 122 nuisances by, 330 as a test of death, II. 3 in cases of poisoning, II. 155—182 signs of in the stomach, II. 181 should not prevent dissection, II. 185
QUARANTINE, 104—127 origin of, 127 laws, 131 vexatious application of, 131 necessity of, 136
_QUO warranto_ against the President and Censors of the College of Physicians, 46
RAPE, 416 accusation of, should be immediate, 416 appeal of abolished, 417 in Scotland, 417 immediate medical examination necessary, 417—424 signs of, 417 accuser and accused to be medically examined, 417 false accusation of, 418—426 general observations, 419—424 on the person of an infant, 419 cases of, 420 evidence of infant, 421 male infant under 14 deemed incapable of—sed q., 422 penetration, whether necessary, 427—433 emissio seminis, 427—433 whether Eunuchs can commit, 433 evidence on, 434—439