A popular treatise on the remedies to be employed in cases of poisoning and apparent death : including the means of detecting poisons, of distinguishing real from apparent death, and of ascertaining the adulteration of wines / by M.P. Orfila ; translated from the French under the inspection of the author, by William Price.

  • Orfila, Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure, 1787-1853.
Date:
1818
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Credit: A popular treatise on the remedies to be employed in cases of poisoning and apparent death : including the means of detecting poisons, of distinguishing real from apparent death, and of ascertaining the adulteration of wines / by M.P. Orfila ; translated from the French under the inspection of the author, by William Price. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    PACK Process for introducing air into the lungs - 131 Of asphyxia from the vapour of lime-kilns, vintage- tubs, wine-tubs, or from other liquors in fermen- tation, and from morasses and coal-pits - 133 Of asphyxia from privies, drains, and common sewers - —■ Treatment - - - - - 134 Of asphyxia from deficiency of respirable air 136 Treatment - - - - - — Of asphyxia from submersion, or of drowning 137 Treatment - - - - - — Of asphyxia from strangulation, or by hanging 140 Of asphyxia from heat - - - 141 Of asphyxia from cold - - - . - 142 Frozen limbs ----- 143 Assistance to be given to children who are born in a state of apparent death - 144 Of the asphyxia of new-born children - — Treatment - 145 Of the apoplexy of new-born children - - 146 Treatment - - - - - 147 Of the signs of real death, and of the means by which the living may be distinguished from the dead 148 Conclusion - - - - - 154 Of burns - Of superficial burns of small extent - - Of very extensive superficial burns - - 157 Of deep burns - - - - - . Of adulterated wines - 153 Of wines adulterated with lead - 159 Of wines adulterated with alum - - jgg Of wines adulterated with chalk - - 164 Of wines adulterated with brandy - - j6j Methods employed to give colour to wines - - 166