ALKALIES, caustic, poisons, II. 202—207—218
ALMONDS, essential oil of, II. 207—396—402—405 effect of oil and albumen on, II. 404 analysis of, II. 405
ALVINE concretions, supposed or feigned, 367
AMMONIA, II. 323 a poison, II. 202 use of, in detecting arsenic, II. 241—244 effect of, on sublimate, II. 271 on copper, II. 281—287—293 test of, II. 324 poisoning by, II. 324
AMMONIURET of silver, a test for arsenic, II. 244 of copper, II. 245
ANIMAL putrefaction, effects of, 123—126—II. 443 a source of nuisance, 332
ANIMALS, experiments on, not always conclusive, II. 198 see _Appendix_, 272
ANTIDOTES for arsenic, — sublimate, II. 263 antimony, II. 281 nitrate of silver, II. 300 sulphuric acid, II. 304 oxalic acid, II. 316 potass, II. 323 baryta, II. 328 hellebore, II. 374 prussic acid, II. 406 mushrooms, II. 433
ANTIMONY, II. 141—201 tartarized, effect on sublimate, II. 274 generally, II. 277 tartarized, II. 279 poisoning by, II. 208 antidotes of, II. 281 physiological action of, II. 282 dissection after, II. 283 tests for, II. 284—285
APOPLEXY, death by, II. 22—24—43 produced by poison, III. 14—17 by compression, III. 23
APOTHECARIES, Society of, 59 their charter, 59 their powers, 60 actions against, 68 malpractice by, 64 court of examination of, 65 who may practice as, 66 or, as assistants, 66 examiners in the country, 66 practicing without certificate, 67
ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury, licence of, 13—48
ARSENIC, sale of, should be regulated, 140 generally, II. 141—148—207—210 properties of, II. 211 metallic, not poisonous, II. 212 garlic smell of, II. 234 whitens copper, II. 236 imperfect tests of, II. 235—237 poisoning by, confounded with cholera morbus, II. 156—160—219 putrefaction after, II. 183—229 case of Mitchel, II. 187 absorption of, II. 192 and its compounds, II. 201 poisoning _per vaginum_ by, II. 221 case of accidental poisoning by, III. 9 _See_ cases of _Turner_, _Mitchel_, _Blandy_, _Overbury_, _Donnell_, _Ogilvie_, & _Nairne_.
ARSENIC acid and its salts, II. 256 effect of tests on, II. 257 sulphurets of, II. 257 tests of, II. 258
ARSENIATES, distinguished from Phosphates, II. 242—245—248
ARSENIOUS acid, or white oxide, II. 212 properties of, II. 213 vapour of, inodorous, II. 213—235 poisoning by, degrees of, II. 216 poisoning by, symptoms of, II. 157—216 poisoning by, lowest degree of, II. 216 second degree of, II. 217 third degree of, II. 218 modes of poisoning by, II. 220—221 death by external application of, II. 220 experiments on external application of, II. 221 internal use of, _ib._ physiological action of, II. 223 dissection of bodies poisoned by, II. 225 disease induced by, II. 229 state of the blood produced by, _ib._ introduced _post mortem_, II. 230 redness of the stomach not a certain proof of, II. 230 chemical tests of, II. 232 solid, how detected, II. 232 how reduced to metal, II. 233 different modes of detecting, II. 234—240 metalized by charcoal, II. 238 by lime, _ib._ effect of nitre on, II. 239 nitrate of silver, II. 239—240 muriates on, II. 242 ammoniuret of silver, II. 244 sulphate of copper, II. 245 ammoniuret of copper, _ib._ sulphuretted hydrogen, II. 248 lime water, II. 249 tests of, errors respecting, II. 246—249 adulterations of, II. 243—249 does not blacken steel, II. 250 does not prevent dough from rising, _ib._ examination of when mixed with food, II. 252 when absorbed by the stomach, II. 254 effect of iodine on, II. 272