A handy-book of forensic medicine and toxicology / by W. Bathurst Woodman and Charles Meymott Tidy.

Date:
1877
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Credit: A handy-book of forensic medicine and toxicology / by W. Bathurst Woodman and Charles Meymott Tidy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS ♦ CHAPTER I. PAGE The Coroner’s Court—Inquests—The Superior Courts—Medical evi- dence—Fees legally claimed by Medical Men ..... 1—8 CHAPTER II. How to make a “ Post-mortem ” Examination—Weight and size of various organs—Post-mortem Digestion of Stomach ...... 8—12 CHAPTER III. Burying alive—Signs of Death—Post-mortem temperatures—Rigor Mortis —Putrefaction—Adipocere—The order in which the signs of death succeed each other 12—30 CHAPTER IY. What is a Poison?—Action of poisons—Circumstances modifying their action —Circumstances leading to the Suspicion of Poison having been given— Symptoms of Corrosive, Irritant, Narcotic, and Narcotico-Acrid Poisons—Treatment of Poisoning Cases—Conclusions from Analysis— How far poisons are Natural Constituents of the body—Post-mortem Appearances in Poisoning Cases—Diseases that simulate poisoning —Cases of supposed poisoning and malingering—Classification of Poisons 30—57 CHAPTER Y. Systematic Chemical Analysis in cases of Poisoning .... 58—67 CHAPTER VI. Phosphorus, its varieties, solubility, and tlio circumstances affecting its lumino- sity—Symptoms of Poisoning by Phosphorus—Treatment—Post-mortem appearances—Chronic Poisoning—The Lucifer Disease—Prophylaxis— Tests for Phosphorus—Toxicological Analysis—Cases of Phosphorus Poisoning . 68—82