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CONTENTS.
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VEGETABLE AND OTHER IRRITANTS.
CHAPTER XV.
Vegetable Irritants.- Aloes.-Gelsemium.- Savin.- Croton Oil.- Castor Oil.-Col-
chicum.-Heilebore.-Veratrine.- Carbolic Acid.- Resorcin.- Petroleum.-Ani-
mal Irritants: Cantharides.-Noxious Animal Food.-Fish.-Mussels.-Cheese.-
Sausage Poison.-Pork.-Trichinosis.-Poisoned Game.-Ptomaïnes
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NEUROTIC POISONS.
CHAPTER XVI.
Opium.-Symptoms.-Appearances.-Its Action on Infants.-Poisoning with Opiate
Compounds.-Opium Habit.-Morphine and its Salts.-Meconic Acid.-Process for
Detecting Opium in Organic Mixtures.-Dialysis.-Chlorodyne.-Cocaine
CHAPTER XVII.
Prussic Acid.-Symptoms and Appearances.-Tests for the Acid.-Process for Organic
Mixtures.-Cyanide of Potassium.-Essential Oil of Bitter Almonds.-Nitroben
zene.-Nitroglycerine.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
Alcohol.-Ether.-Chloroform.-Iodoform.-Hydrate of Chloral.-Camphor
CHAPTER XIX.
Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum).-Nicotine.-Cocculus Indicus.-Pierotoxin.-Calabar
Bean. Mushrooms
CHAPTER XX.
Henbane.-Atropa Belladonna, or Deadly Nightshade.-Poisoning by Atropine.—
Datura Stramonium, or Thorn-apple
CHAPTER XXI.
Yux Vomica.-Strychnine.-Symptoms and Appearances.-Chemical and Microscopi-
eal Analysis of Nux Vomica and Strychnine.-Process for Organic Mixtures.-
Dialysis.-Brucine
CHAPTER XXII.
Conium or Hemlock.-Conine.-Water Hemlock.-Enanthe Crocata.-Ethusa.-
Cynaplum.-Fool's Parsley.-Water-parsnip - Lobelia.-Foxglove.-Digitalin.-
Aconite.-Aconitine.-Laburnum
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WOUNDS AND PERSONAL INJURIES.
CHAPTER XXIII.
Definition of a Wound.-Danger to Life.-Grievous Bodily Harm.-Examina
Wounds.-Description of Wounds.-Characters of Wounds Inflicted on the
and Dead Body.-Ecchymosis in the Living and Dead.-Effects of Violence
Dead Body.-Ecchymosis not Always a Result of Violence
Evidence of the Use of a Weapon.-Characters of Wounds Caused by Weapon
cised, Punctured, Lacerated, and Contused Wounds.-Stabs and Cuts.-W
Weapons?-Examination of the Dress.-Imputed or Self-inflicted Wounds
CHAPTER XXV.
Wounds indicative of Homicide, Suicide, or Accident.-Evidence from the Sit
of a Wound.-Evidence from its Nature and Extent.-Evidence from the Di
of a Wound.-Wounds Inflicted by the Right or Left Hand.-Several Wou
Use of Several Weapons
Evidence from Circumstances.-The Position of the Body.-Of the Weapon.-
dence from Blood, Hair, and other Substances on Weapons.-Marks of Blo
Clothing and Furniture, on the Deceased, and on the Assailant
CHAPTER XXVII.
Examination of Blood-stains.-Chemical Analysis.-Spectroscopic Examinati
Blood-crystals.-Microscopical Evidence.-Blood of Man and Animals.-
of Blood on Linen and other Stuffs.-Age or Date of the Stains.-Other S
Resembling Blood.-Blood on Weapons.-Arterial and Venous Blood.-Var
of Blood
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Cause of Death from Wounds.-Wounds Directly or Indirectly Fatal.-I
from Hemorrhage.-Internal Bleeding.-Death from Mechanical Injury.—1
Shock.-Death from Numerous Personal Injuries, Irrespective of any M
Wound
CHAPTER XXIX.
Death of Wounded Persons from Natural Causes.-Distinction between Real
Apparent Cause.-Death from Wounds or Latent Disease.-Accelerating Cau
Death from Wounds after Long Periods.-Avoidable Causes of Death.-Negle
Imprudence.-Unskilful Treatment.-Unhealthy State of Body
CHAPTER XXX.
Wounds Indirectly Fatal.-Tetanus Following Wounds.- Erysipelas.- Delir
Tremens.—Gangrene.-Death from Surgical Operations.-Anæsthetics.—Prin
and Secondary Causes of Death.-Unskilfulness in Operations.-Pyæmi
Medical Responsibility in Reference to Operations.-Actions for Malapraxis.
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CHAPTER XXXI. .
Cicatrization of Wounds.-Evidence from Cicatrices.-Changes in an Incised Wound.
-Is a Cicatrix Always a Consequence of a Wound?-Are Cicatrices when Once
Formed Indelible?—Characters of Cicatrices.-Their Age or Date.-Cicatrices from
Bleeding.-Cupping, Setons, and Issues.-Cicatrices from Burns.-Cicatrices from
Disease Distinguished from those of Wounds
CHAPTER XXXII.
Medical Evidence of Identity from Colored Cicatrices or Tattoo-marks.-Mode and
Date of Production.-Durability of these Marks.-Their Alleged Spontaneous Dis-
appearance. Cases of Identity from Tattooing.- Simulated Marks.-Tattoo-
marks on the Dead.-Medical Responsibility
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Wounds of the Head.—Concussion.—How Distinguished from Intoxication.-Effusion
of Blood as a Result of Violence, Disease, or Mental Excitement.-Wounds of the
Face.-Deformity as a Consequence of Wounds of the Face.-Injuries to the Spine
and Spinal Marrow.-Fractures of the Vertebræ
CHAPTER XXXIV.
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Wounds of the Chest.-Wounds and Ruptures of the Lungs and Heart.-Wounds of
Large Blood vessels.-Wounds and Ruptures of the Diaphragm.-Direction of
Wounds of the Chest.-Wounds of the Abdomen.-Death from Blows on the
Cavity. Ruptures of the Liver, Gall-bladder, Spleen, Kidneys, Intestines, Stomach,
and Urinary Bladder.-Wounds of the Genital Organs
CHAPTER XXXV.
Fractures.-Produced by a Blow with a Weapon or by a Fall.-Brittleness of the
Bones.-Fractures Caused by Slight Muscular Exertion.-Fractures in the Living
and Dead Body.-Has a Bone Ever been Fractured?-Locomotion.-Dislocations
from Violence or Natural Causes.-Medical Opinions.-Actions for Malapraxis
Gunshot-wounds.-In the Living and Dead Body.-Was the Piece Fired Near or From
a Distance?- Accidental, Suicidal, or Homicidal Wounds.- Position of the
Wounded Person when Shot.-Wounds from Small-shot.-Wounds from Wadding
and Gunpowder .
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338
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CHAPTER XXXVII.
Death from Burns and Scalds.-Symptoms.-Stupor.-Cause of Death.-Post-mortem
Appearances.-Burns on the Dead Body.-Accident, Homicide, or Suicide.--
Wounds Caused by Fire.-Scalding.-Burns by Corrosive Liquids.
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ASPHYXIA.
DROWNING.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Cause of Death.-Secondary Causes.-Post-mortem Appearances.-Medical P
Death from Drowning.-Specific Gravity of the Body.-Coincidental Ca
Death.-Marks of Violence.-Accidental Fractures.-Homicidal
Drowning
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HANGING.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Cause of Death.-Death from the Secondary Effects.-Post-mortem Appearan
Mark of the Cord or Ligature.-Was Death Caused by Hanging?-Hanging
Death.-Summary of Medical Evidence.-Marks of Violence on the Han
Was the Hanging the Result of Accident, Suicide, or Homicide?-The Posi
the Body
STRANGULATION.
CHAPTER XL.
Cause of Death.-Appearances After Death.-Was Death Caused by Strangul
or was the Constriction Applied to the Neck after Death?-Marks of Violer
Accidental, Homicidal, and Suicidal Strangulation.
SUFFOCATION.
CHAPTER XLI.
Suffocation from Mechanical Causes.-Cause of Death.-Appearances after Dea
Evidence of Death from Suffocation.-Accidental, Suicidal, and Homicidal $
cation.-Smothering
CHAPTER XLII.
Gaseous Poisons.-Carbonic Acid.-Symptoms.-Appearances.-Analysis.-Et
of Charcoal-vapor.-Carbonic Oxide.-Coal and Coke Vapor.-Sulphuric Ac
-Vapors of Lime, Cement, and Brick-kilns.-Confined Air.-Coal-gas.-W
gas.-Carburetted Hydrogen.-Nitrous Oxide.-Sulphuretted Hydrogen.-Eff
of Drains and Sewers.
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LIGHTNING. COLD. HEAT. STARVATION.
CHAPTER XLIII.
Effects of Electricity.-Post-mortem Appearances.-Cold an Occasional Cause of
Death.-Symptoms.-Circumstances which Accelerate Death.-Post-mortem Ap-
pearances.-Effect of Heat.-Starvation a Rare Cause of Death.-Symptoms.-
Appearances After Death.-Legal Relations
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PREGNANCY.
CHAPTER XLIV.
signs of Pregnancy.-Suppression of the Menses.-Quickening.-Sounds of the Foetal
Heart.-Feigned Pregnancy.-Concealed Pregnancy.-Pregnancy in the Dead.-
Impregnation in a State of Unconsciousness.-Legal Relations
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DELIVERY.
CHAPTER XLV.
Delivery in the Living.-Concealed Delivery.-Signs of Abortion in the Early Stages
of Pregnancy.-Signs of Recent and Remote Delivery.-Feigned Delivery.-De-
livery in a State of Unconsciousness.-Signs of Delivery in the Dead.-True and
False Corpora Lutea.-Characters of the Ovum or Embryo.-Moles.-Concealment
of Birth
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CRIMINAL ABORTION.
CHAPTER XLVI.
Abortion from Natural Causes.-Criminal Causes.-Mechanical Means.-Medicinal
Substances. Signs of Abortion.-Specific Abortives.- Local Applications.—
Feigned Abortion.-Meaning of the Word "Noxious" as Applied to Drugs.-On
Inducing Premature Labor.-Proof of Pregnancy not Necessary.-Abortion of
Monsters.-Moles and Hydatids
Nature of the Crime.—Medical Evidence at Inquests.-Uterine Age or Maturity of the
Child.-Characters of the Child from the Sixth to the Ninth Month.-Signs of
Maturity.-Rules for Inspecting the Body