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AITCHISON ROBERTSONPREFACE TO NINTH EDITIONPREFACE TO EIGHTH EDITIONPART II.—CRIMESII.—MEDICAL EVIDENCEIII.—PERSONAL IDENTITYIV.—EXAMINATION OF PERSONS FOUND DEADV.—MODES OF SUDDEN DEATHVI.—SIGNS OF DEATHVII.—DEATH FROM ANÆSTHETICS, ETC.VIII.—PRESUMPTION OF DEATH; SURVIVORSHIPIX.—ASSAULT, MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER, ETC.X.—WOUNDS AND MECHANICAL INJURIESXI.—CONTUSED WOUNDS AND INJURIES UNACCOMPANIED BY SOLUTION OF CONTINUITYXII.—INCISED WOUNDS AND THOSE ACCOMPANIED BY SOLUTION OF CONTINUITYXIII.—GUNSHOT WOUNDSXIV.—WOUNDS OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BODYXV.—DETECTION OF BLOOD-STAINS, ETC.XVI.—DEATH BY SUFFOCATIONXVII.—DEATH BY HANGINGXVIII.—DEATH BY STRANGULATIONXIX.—DEATH BY DROWNINGXX.—DEATH FROM STARVATIONXXI.—DEATH FROM LIGHTNING AND ELECTRICITYXXII.—DEATH FROM COLD OR HEATXXIII.—PREGNANCYXXIV.—DELIVERYXXV.—FŒTICIDE, OR CRIMINAL ABORTIONXXVI.—INFANTICIDEXXVII.—EVIDENCES OF LIVE BIRTHXXVIII.—CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE FŒTUSXXIX.—DURATION OF PREGNANCYXXX.—VIABILITY OF CHILDRENXXXI.—LEGITIMACYXXXII.—SUPERFŒTATIONXXXIII.—INHERITANCEXXXIV.—IMPOTENCE AND STERILITYXXXV.—RAPEXXXVI.—UNNATURAL OFFENCESXXXVII.—BLACKMAILINGXXXVIII.—MARRIAGE AND DIVORCEXXXIX.—FEIGNED DISEASESXL.—MENTAL UNSOUNDNESSXLI.—IDIOCY, IMBECILITY, CRETINISMXLII.—DEMENTIA: ACUTE, CHRONIC, SENILE, AND PARALYTICXLIII.—MANIAXLIV.—EXAMINATION OF PERSONS OF UNSOUND MINDXLV.—THE INEBRIATES ACTSPART III.—DEFINITION OF A POISONII.—SALE OF POISONS; SCHEDULED POISONSIII.—ACTION OF POISONS; CLASSIFICATION OF POISONSIV.—EVIDENCE OF POISONINGV.—SYMPTOMS AND POST-MORTEM APPEARANCES OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF POISONSVI.—DUTY OF PRACTITIONER IN SUPPOSED CASE OF POISONINGVII.—TREATMENT OF POISONINGVIII.—DETECTION OF POISONSIX.—THE MINERAL ACIDSX.—SULPHURIC ACIDXI.—NITRIC ACIDXII.—HYDROCHLORIC ACIDXIII.—OXALIC ACIDXIV.—CARBOLIC ACIDXV.—POTASH, SODA, AND AMMONIAXVI.—INORGANIC IRRITANTSXVII.—CHLORATE OF POTASSIUM, ETC.XVIII.—BARIUM SALTSXIX.—IODINE—IODIDE OF POTASSIUMXX.—PHOSPHORUSXXI.—ARSENIC AND ITS PREPARATIONSXXII.—ANTIMONY AND ITS PREPARATIONSXXIII.—MERCURY AND ITS PREPARATIONSXXIV.—LEAD AND ITS PREPARATIONSXXV.—COPPER AND ITS PREPARATIONSXXVI.—ZINC, SILVER, BISMUTH, AND CHROMIUMXXVII.—GASEOUS POISONSXXVIII.—VEGETABLE IRRITANTSXXIX.—OPIUM AND MORPHINEXXX.—BELLADONNA, HYOSCYAMUS, AND STRAMONIUMXXXI.—COCAINEXXXII.—CAMPHORXXXIII.—TETRACHLORETHANE, ETC.XXXIV.—ALCOHOL, ETHER, AND CHLOROFORMXXXV.—CHLORAL HYDRATEXXXVI.—PETROLEUM AND PARAFFIN-OILXXXVII.—ANTIPYRINE, ANTIFEBRIN, PHENACETIN, AND ANILINEXXXVIII.—SULPHONAL, TRIONAL, TETRONAL, VERONAL, PARALDEHYDEXXXIX.—CONIUM AND CALABAR BEANXL.—TOBACCO AND LOBELIAXLI.—HYDROCYANIC ACIDXLII.—ACONITEXLIII.—DIGITALISXLIV.—NUX VOMICA, STRYCHNINE, AND BRUCINEXLV.—CANTHARIDESXLVI.—ABORTIFACIENTSXLVII.—POISONOUS FUNGI AND TOXIC FOODSXLVIII.—PTOMAINES OR CADAVERIC ALKALOIDSINDEXMANUALS FOR STUDENTSBOOKS FOR STUDENTS.STUDENTS' AIDS SERIES.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGYAll chapters and sections (104)Other sectionsAIDSFORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGYW.G. AITCHISON ROBERTSONPREFACE TO NINTH EDITIONPREFACE TO EIGHTH EDITIONParts1Part 1 · Other sectionsI.—CRIMESII.—MEDICAL EVIDENCEIII.—PERSONAL IDENTITYIV.—EXAMINATION OF PERSONS FOUND DEADV.—MODES OF SUDDEN DEATHVI.—SIGNS OF DEATHVII.—DEATH FROM ANÆSTHETICS, ETC.VIII.—PRESUMPTION OF DEATH; SURVIVORSHIPIX.—ASSAULT, MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER, ETC.X.—WOUNDS AND MECHANICAL INJURIESXI.—CONTUSED WOUNDS AND INJURIES UNACCOMPANIED BY SOLUTION OF CONTINUITYXII.—INCISED WOUNDS AND THOSE ACCOMPANIED BY SOLUTION OF CONTINUITYXIII.—GUNSHOT WOUNDSXIV.—WOUNDS OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BODYXV.—DETECTION OF BLOOD-STAINS, ETC.XVI.—DEATH BY SUFFOCATIONXVII.—DEATH BY HANGINGXVIII.—DEATH BY STRANGULATIONXIX.—DEATH BY DROWNINGXX.—DEATH FROM STARVATIONXXI.—DEATH FROM LIGHTNING AND ELECTRICITYXXII.—DEATH FROM COLD OR HEATXXIII.—PREGNANCYXXIV.—DELIVERYXXV.—FŒTICIDE, OR CRIMINAL ABORTIONXXVI.—INFANTICIDEXXVII.—EVIDENCES OF LIVE BIRTHXXVIII.—CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE FŒTUSXXIX.—DURATION OF PREGNANCYXXX.—VIABILITY OF CHILDRENXXXI.—LEGITIMACYXXXII.—SUPERFŒTATIONXXXIII.—INHERITANCEXXXIV.—IMPOTENCE AND STERILITYXXXV.—RAPEXXXVI.—UNNATURAL OFFENCESXXXVII.—BLACKMAILINGXXXVIII.—MARRIAGE AND DIVORCEXXXIX.—FEIGNED DISEASESXL.—MENTAL UNSOUNDNESSXLI.—IDIOCY, IMBECILITY, CRETINISMXLII.—DEMENTIA: ACUTE, CHRONIC, SENILE, AND PARALYTICXLIII.—MANIAXLIV.—EXAMINATION OF PERSONS OF UNSOUND MINDXLV.—THE INEBRIATES ACTSParts2Part 2 · Other sectionsI.—DEFINITION OF A POISONII.—SALE OF POISONS; SCHEDULED POISONSIII.—ACTION OF POISONS; CLASSIFICATION OF POISONSIV.—EVIDENCE OF POISONINGV.—SYMPTOMS AND POST-MORTEM APPEARANCES OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF POISONSVI.—DUTY OF PRACTITIONER IN SUPPOSED CASE OF POISONINGVII.—TREATMENT OF POISONINGVIII.—DETECTION OF POISONSIX.—THE MINERAL ACIDSX.—SULPHURIC ACIDXI.—NITRIC ACIDXII.—HYDROCHLORIC ACIDXIII.—OXALIC ACIDXIV.—CARBOLIC ACIDXV.—POTASH, SODA, AND AMMONIAXVI.—INORGANIC IRRITANTSXVII.—CHLORATE OF POTASSIUM, ETC.XVIII.—BARIUM SALTSXIX.—IODINE—IODIDE OF POTASSIUMXX.—PHOSPHORUSXXI.—ARSENIC AND ITS PREPARATIONSXXII.—ANTIMONY AND ITS PREPARATIONSXXIII.—MERCURY AND ITS PREPARATIONSXXIV.—LEAD AND ITS PREPARATIONSXXV.—COPPER AND ITS PREPARATIONSXXVI.—ZINC, SILVER, BISMUTH, AND CHROMIUMXXVII.—GASEOUS POISONSXXVIII.—VEGETABLE IRRITANTSXXIX.—OPIUM AND MORPHINEXXX.—BELLADONNA, HYOSCYAMUS, AND STRAMONIUMXXXI.—COCAINEXXXII.—CAMPHORXXXIII.—TETRACHLORETHANE, ETC.XXXIV.—ALCOHOL, ETHER, AND CHLOROFORMXXXV.—CHLORAL HYDRATEXXXVI.—PETROLEUM AND PARAFFIN-OILXXXVII.—ANTIPYRINE, ANTIFEBRIN, PHENACETIN, AND ANILINEXXXVIII.—SULPHONAL, TRIONAL, TETRONAL, VERONAL, PARALDEHYDEXXXIX.—CONIUM AND CALABAR BEANXL.—TOBACCO AND LOBELIAXLI.—HYDROCYANIC ACIDXLII.—ACONITEXLIII.—DIGITALISXLIV.—NUX VOMICA, STRYCHNINE, AND BRUCINEXLV.—CANTHARIDESXLVI.—ABORTIFACIENTSXLVII.—POISONOUS FUNGI AND TOXIC FOODSXLVIII.—PTOMAINES OR CADAVERIC ALKALOIDSINDEXMANUALS FOR STUDENTSBOOKS FOR STUDENTS.STUDENTS' AIDS SERIES.TOFORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY →