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ABATEMENT of nuisances, 333—339—340
ABDOMEN, examination of the, III. 60
ABORTION, II. 379—III. 84 causes of, 269 physiological illustrations of, III. 93
ABSORPTION of mineral poison, II. 187 poison, acting by, II. 208 of arsenic, II. 192—220
ACCESS, when presumed, 217
ACCIDENTAL homicide, II. 466
ACETOMETER, 377
ACIDS, concentrated, poisons, II. 202—207—301
ACID, nitric, death by, II. 147—202—305 sulphuric, II. 202—302 muriatic, II. 202—313 phosphoric, II. 202 arsenious and arsenic, II. 211 oxalic, II. 315 prussic, II. 396 manufactories, nuisances by, 337—343
ACONITE, II. 138—159—203—207—379 poisoning by, II. 380
ACRID poisons, II. 202—207
ACTIONS for nuisances, 340—353 for unlicenced practice, 28 by medical practitioners, 77 for mala praxis, 80
ADIPOCIRE, formation of, 96—III. 25
166ADOLESCENCE, 185
ADULTERATIONS of food, 374 of bread, 375 of beer, 377 of milk, 378 of medicines, 380
AERIAL poisons, II. 456
AFFIRMATION of Quakers, 167
AFFUSION, cold, use of, II. 391 warm, II. 393
AGARICUS Muscarius, II. 427 intoxication by, ib.
AGES, 179
AGE, of consent, 168—170 of puberty, 170—179—185 old, 179 no bar to marriage, 172 children of, 175 determination of, 382 of deceased persons, enquiries respecting, III. 8—22 of criminal responsibility, III. 131
AGUE, jumping, 362
AIR, deprived of oxygen, effects of, II. 48 consumption of, encreased by muscular action, II. 54 hindering the circulation of, 348 tainting, 330—350 revival by fresh, II. 4 its influence on contagion, 120—126
ALBUMEN, an antidote to sublimate, II. 264
ALCHEMISTS, 2
ALCOHOL, poison by, II. 203—207—433—436 physiological action of, II. 437
ALIEN, cannot be a Fellow of the College of Physicians, 15
ALKALIES, caustic, poisons, II. 202—207—218
ALKALINE earths, poisons, II. 202—325
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
AMENORRHŒA, 235
AMENTIA acquisita, 310
AMMONIA, II. 323 a poison, II. 202 use of, in detecting arsenic, II. 241—244 167effect 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
ANAPHRODISIACS, 209
ANATOMY, bodies for, 21
ANDILUVIAN fever, 120
ANIMAL putrefaction, effects of, 123—126—II. 443 a source of nuisance, 332
ANIMAL poisons, II. 440
ANIMALS, experiments on, not always conclusive, II. 198 see Appendix, 272
ANIMATION, suspended, II. 9
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
APHRODISIACS, 209
APOPLEXY, death by, II. 22—24—43 produced by poison, III. 14—17 by compression, III. 23
APOPLECTIC conformation, III. 22
APOTHECARY’S wares, search of, 18—20
APOTHECARY, practice by, 32—37
APOTHECARIES, Society of, 59 their charter, 59 168their 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
AQUA FORTIS, death by, II. 147
AQUA Tophana, II. 135—141
ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury, licence of, 13—48
ARMS, bearing, 73
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 169modes 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
ARSENICAL vapour, effects of, 339
ARSON (see Combustion), 402
ASSISTANT, Surgeon liable for the mala praxis of his, 81
ASTHMA, extraordinary treatment of, II. 200
ASPHYXIA, II. 35 of privies, II. 49 treatment of, II. 75—84
ASPHYXIA, idiopathica, II. 30
ASTRINGENT poisons, II. 202
ATROPIA, II. 411
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BARYTA, II. 202—327 poisoning by, ib. muriate of, ib.—207 physiological action of, II. 328 antidotes to, ib. tests of, II. 329
BELLADONNA, II. 203—410 poisoning by, II. 411 physiological action of, II. 412 detection of, II. 413
BATEMAN, Mary, case of, II. 269
BEER, adulterations of, II. 377
BELLAND, or Derbyshire colic, II. 355
BILE acrid, may poison, II. 158—196
BILLS of health, 127 of mortality, 143
BIRTH, legal time of, 248 in France, ib.
BISHOP of London, licences of, 12
BITES of venomous animals, II. 440
BITTER almonds (see almonds), —
BLACK Assize at Oxford, 125
BLANDY, Mr. case of, II. 218—227—249
BLANE, Sir G. on fevers, 117
BLEEDING, danger of, during pregnancy, III. 95
BLINDNESS, feigned, 358—371
BLOOD, circulation of, discovered, 9 quality of, to support life, II. 19 black, its effects on the brain, II. 32—36—37 state of, in bodies frozen, II. 62 vomiting of, feigned, 365 extraordinary marks of, III. 33
BLOWS, murder by, II. 116—122
BODIES, combustion of human, 412—415
BODY found in the water, examination of, III. 32—62
BONES, examination of, III. 73 of animals, mistakes of, III. 82
BOTANIC Garden, 69
BOUGHTON, case of Sir Theodosius, II. 401
BRAIN, examination of, in cases of insanity, 327 injuries of, II. 23 functions of the, II. 18—20 action of opium on, II. 389 dissection of the, III. 46
171BREAD, adulterations of, 375 kinds of, 375
BREWERIES, when nuisances, 333—341
BRINVILLIER, poisons of, II. 135
BRISTOL Infirmary, 126
BRITANICUS, death of, II. 134
BROTHEL, death in a, II. 44
BRUISES, II. 121
BRYONY, II. 203—207
BUILDING, excessive, 349
BULAM Fever, 117
BULLET, murder discovered by examination of, III. 39
BURIAL in cities, 92 at Paris, 95 not to be hindered, 100 nor disturbed, 100 premature, II. 5 of suicides, II. 108
BURNING, (see Combustion), 402
BURNS, Margaret, case of, 254—II. 176
BYE-LAWS, powers of making, &c., 22 of College of Physicians, 47—50—51 of College of Surgeons, 57
C.
CÆSARIAN operation, 226—274 curious case of, 276
CAIUS, Dr. John, 7
CALCUTTA, black hole of, II. 50
CALOMEL, sublimate converted into, II. 274
CAMBRIDGE, degrees at, 3—17
CAMBOGE, see Gamboge, II. 371
CAMPHOR, II. 203—207
CANDIDATES, Inceptor, 52
CANTHARIDES, II. 142—202—207—330 poisoning by, II. 331 mode of detecting, II. 332
CARBONIC acid gas, effects of, II. 49—III. 24—37 given out by plants, ib.
CARBURETTED hydrogen gas, II. 464
CARDAMOMS, tincture of, produces a red colour in the stomach, II. 23
CARNAL knowledge (see Rape), 427—433
172CASTRATION, 200—433
CATAMENIA, see Menses.
CAUSTIC alkalies, II. 318 alkaline earths, II. 325 lunar, II. 299 see Silver.
CENSORS to be elected, 16 their powers, 16—18—24—27—38 their search, 20 provincial proposed, 139
CERTIFICATES of apothecaries, 66 annual list of, 67
CERTIORARI, writ of, 44
CERUSSE, dangerous use of, II. 351—360
CHAMBRE ardente, II. 136
CHAMPIGNONS, II. 426
CHANCELLOR, his jurisdiction over idiots and lunatics, 291 though no commission found, 294
CHARTERS of College of Physicians, 14—21 abstract of, 15 of College of Surgeons, 55—57 of Society of Apothecaries, 59
CHILD, signs that a woman has borne a, 256
CHARCOAL, fumes of, III. 36
CHERRY laurel-water, II. 400 dangerous use of, II. 402
CHILD-BEARING, 172—256 earliest and latest periods of, 256 premature, 257 protracted, 258 see Parturition.
CHILDREN, legitimacy of, 216—246 legitimation of, 218 supposititious, 219 identity of, 222 greatest number at a birth, 259
CHLORINE, II. 464 proposed use of, II. 253—272
CHOLERA, II. 155 spontanea, II. 156 accidentalis, II. 156—160 treatment of, II. 160
CHROMATE of potass, II. 243
173CHURCHES, burial in, 92
CHURCH-YARDS overcharged, 93—96 exhumations in, 95 of Paris, 95 Dublin, 93 St. Margaret, 93 Dunkirk, 95 St. Denis, 97 St. Benoit, 97
CICUTA, II. 138
CITIES, cleanliness in, 91
CLASSIFICATION of poisons, II. 199 table, II. 207
CLEANLINESS in cities, 91—123
CLERKS, parish, corporation of, 144
CLIMACTERIC, grand, 182 disease, 193
CLITORIS, 207 enlarged, 286—288
CLOATHS, infected, should be burnt, 142
COCULUS Indicus, II. 203—207—423 effect of, on fish, II. 424
COFFINS, iron, 99
COLD, death by exposure to, II. 13—16—59 cases of, II. 60 effects of, II. 61 on the blood, II. 62 affusion, use of, II. 391 death of, infant by, III. 128
COLIC of Poitou, or saturnine, II. 340—344—346—358 Devonshire, ib. Derbyshire, II. 355 miners, ib. painters, ib.
COLLEGE of Physicians, see Physicians. of Surgeons, 54 its charters, 55—57 its powers, 56 its by-laws, 57
COLOCYNTH, II. 207—377 poisoning by, ib.
COMBUSTION spontaneous, 402 of hay, 404 by friction, 403 174by fermentation, 403—404 by chemical action, 403—406 turf, flax, hemp, rags, oatmeal, 404 bran, 405 of animal matter, 405 woollen stuffs, 406 by fixed oils, 110—406 cases of, 404—405—406—407 of cere cloth, 409 lamp black, 410 by black wad, ib. mineral acids, 411 pyrites, ib. quicklime, ib. spontaneous of human bodies, 412 authorities on, ib. cases of, 413—415
COMMISSIONERS of lunatics, 296
COMMISSION of lunacy, 295 misconduct of, 294—296 supercedeas of, 299
COMPOS or non-compos, 290
CONCEPTION, see Impregnation. phenomena of, 230 false, 254 extra-uterine, 281
CONSANGUINITY, a bar to marriage, 168 physiological reason, ib.
CONSENT, age of, 168—170 not necessary to impregnation, 436
CONSTABLE, physicians exempt from being, 18 when medical practitioners are exempt, and when not, 72
CONTAGION in factories, 90 from dead bodies, 95 questions on, 114
CONTAGIOUS diseases, 105
CONTUSIONS, II. 121
COPPER, action of, on the stomach, II. 144 and its compounds, II. 202 whitened by arsenic, II. 236 sulphate of, test for arsenic, II. 245 ammoniuret of, II. ib. whitened by sublimate, II. 272 175generally, II. 285 solubility of, II. 286 culinary precautions on, II. 287—288 oxide of, II. 287 effect of ammonia on, II. 287—293 oxidation and solution of, by oils, II. 287 green carbonate of (verdigris), II. 288 dangerous use of, II. 289 vessels should be tinned, II. 290 sulphate of, II. 291 poisoning by salts of, II. 291 dissection after, II. ib. tests of, II. 292 effect of iron on, II. 293 subcarbonate of potass, ib. arseniate of potass, ib. triple prusiate of potass, effect of on, II. 294 mode of detecting, ib. works, when nuisances, 339—347 importance of, 342
CORONER’s inquest, II. 93—112 how to be held, II. 94 return of, II. 97 must be on view, II. 98 may be quashed, II. 98—101 may be traversed, II. 107 see Suicide.
CORONER how to be elected, II. 93 notice of sudden death to be given to, II. 97 may be discharged or removed, II. 101
CORPORA lutea, III. 70
CORROSIVE poisons, II. 154—200—201—207 sublimate, II. 141 see Sublimate.
COSTS of experiments, disallowed, 157
COUP de Soleil, II. 63
COURTESEY, tenant to the, 223 effect of cæsarian operation, 226
CRIMINAL responsibility, III. 131
CRANIUM of infant, examination of, III. 121
CROTON tiglium, II. 203—207
CULINARY poisons, III. 11
CUMMIN, supposed property of, 364
176CUTS, II. 119
CYDER, danger of lead in, II. 340
CYMBALARIA, II. 142
D.
DANGEROUS drugs, sale of, 140
DATURA, questions on the herb, II. 138
DEAD body, examination of, III. 18
DEAD, burial of the, 92 disposal of by various nations, 92—94 decomposition of the, 98
DEATH, real and apparent, II. 3 signs of real, II. 3—11—14 apparent after parturition, II. 5 cases of, II. 4—10 causes and phenomena of, II. 16 sudden, II. 16—97 by arsenic, II. 16 cold, II. 13—16 lightning, II. 16—63 apoplexy, II. 22 grief, II. 26—29—30—110 excessive joy, II. 28 fear, II. 29—110 suffocation, II. 32 drowning, II. 35 hanging, II. 42 injury of the nerves, II. 44 manual strangulation, II. 46 smothering, II. 48 noxious air, II. ib. cold, II. 59 heat, II. 63 starvation, II. 67—110 wounds, II. 116 blows, II. ib. intoxication, II. 437 maggots, II. 453 chlorine, II. 465 mala praxis, II. 467 sudden, appearance of the stomach after, II. 174
DEAF and dumb, 171—292
DEAFNESS, feigned, 370
177DECLARATIONS of dying men, 165—167—III. 6
DECOMPOSITION of dead bodies, 98
DECREPITUDE, 195
DEGENERATION by intermarriage, 168
DEGREES at Oxford and Cambridge, 3 Dublin, ib.
DELIRIUM, 300
DELIVERY, recent, proof of, 222—242—249 see Parturition. pretended, cases of, 249 instrumental, 274
DELUSIONS, III. 7
DETECTION of opium, II. 394 belladonna, II. 413
DEODAND, II. 99
D’EON, Chevalier, 228
DIAMOND dust, II. 145
DIGITALIS, II. 148
DISEASES, feigned, 355 contagious, 105—II. 113 epidemic, 104—107 pestilential, 104 endemic, 106 hereditary, 173—324
DISEASED flesh, II. 444—447
DISLOCATION of cervical vertebræ, III. 52
DISORDERS, see Disease.
DISSECTION of criminals, 12 necessary skill in, II. 163 in cases of insanity, 327—II. 104 of body poisoned by arsenic, II. 225 sublimate, II. 226 tartar emetic, II. 283 copper, II. 291 sulphate of zinc, II. 298 sulphuric acid, II. 304 nitric acid, II. 309 potass, II. 323 soda, II. ib. lime, II. 326 cantharides, II. 332 lead, II. 357 nitre, II. 382 178opium, II. 393 prussic acid, II. 407 belladonna, II. 412 mushrooms, II. 233 danger of punctures during, II. 448 of the stomach, by Mr. Burns, II. 168 by Dr. Haviland, II. 169 of Margaret Burns, II. 178 of William Mitchell, II. 190 anatomical, instructions for, III. 45 of the brain and its membranes, III. 46 of the thorax, III. 52 of the abdomen, III. 60 of the uterus, III. 67 of the vagina, III. 72 of infants, III. 107
DIVING, II. 33
DIVORCE, 176 propter impotentiam, 177
DOGS meat, poison of, II. 446
DONELLAN, case of, II. 401
DORCHESTER, Marquis of, 10
DOUGH, arsenic does not prevent its rising, II. 250 corrosive sublimate does, II. 250—265
DOWNING, Mrs. case of, II. 241
DROPSY, feigned, 364
DROWNING, II. 35—III. 21—39 death, how produced by, ib. signs of death by, II. 37—89 resuscitation after, II. 38—76
DROWNED bodies, buoyancy of, II. 40
DRUGS, search of, 20—63—68—138 poisonous, sale of, 139
DRUNKENNESS, does not excuse, III. 138
DRY-GRINDERS, guard for, II. 457
DUBLIN, Trinity College, degree at, 3
DUEL, surgeon attending, 167
DUMBNESS, feigned, 370
DURESS, murder by, II. 112
DYSENTERY, decline of, 88
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EARTHS, caustic alkaline, II. 325
EFFLUVIA, putrefactive, 95 contagious, 106
179ELATIN, II. 376
ELATERIUM, II. 207—375
ELECTRICITY, death by, II. 63 use of, II. 82
ELECTIONS, how regulated, 41 of Censors, 46
EMBRYULCIA, 279
EMETIC tartar, II. 207
EMISSIO seminis, 203 in cases of rape, 427—433 how to be proved, 434
ENAMEL powder, II. 334
ENDEMIC, distinction of, 106 fever, remarkable, 119
EPIDEMIC, distinction of, 104—107
EPILEPSY, 172—329—III. 21 feigned, 356—361
ERGOT, or spurred rye, II. 204
ESCAPE of persons committed by Censors, 20
ESSEX, case of the Earl of, III. 20—32
EUNUCH, can commit a rape, 433
EUPHORBIUM, II. 111—203—207—377
EVIDENCE, medical, 153—399 mode of giving, 163 in cases of Rape, 421 in cases of Poisoning, II. 153
EXECUTION, pleas in bar of, III. 131 See witness.
EXAMINATION of body found dead, III. 18 of the skeleton, III. 73
EXEMPTIONS of physicians, 16—72 of surgeons, 72 of apothecaries, 72
EXPERIMENTS, cost of, disallowed, 157
EXPULSION, power of, 41
EXTRA-uterine conception, 281
EYE, orbit of the, dangerous wounds of, III. 51
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FAINTING, II. 25 See Syncope.
FACTORIES, diseases in, 89
FŒTUS, extra-uterine, 282 extraordinary defects in, II. 20
180FALLOPIAN tubes, imperfect, 214
FANATICISM, prevalent cause of insanity, 314—363
FASTING pretended, 368
FATIGUE, effects of, 126
FEAR, no legal ground of nuisance, sed. qy., 351 death by, II. 29
FECUNDITY, premature, 257 protracted, 258 multeparous, 258—259
FEES, physicians, cannot be recovered at law, 77
FELLOW of College of Physicians must generally be a graduate of Oxford or Cambridge, 3 who may be, 42 who may not, 15 who is, 46
FERMENTATION, nuisances by, 330
FEVER, yellow, 109—116—135 generation of, 115 Bulam, 117 Sir G. Blane on, 117 pestilential, 117 sporadic 118 malignant, 117 epidemic, 119 Andalusian or Gibraltar, 120 in Cork, 124 in Jails, 124 in Dublin, 126 feigned, 364
FILTH, whether capable of producing contagion, 122—126
FINES, grant of, to College of Physicians, 22 how to be levied, 24
FIRE, nuisances by action of, 331
FISH, poisonous, II. 449
FLAX, steeping, a nuisance, 332
FLESH, diseased, II. 444—447
FLEXIBILITY of body apparently dead, II. 14
FLOGGING, military, III. 147
FLUX, black, chemical use of, II. 233
FŒTUS, skeleton of the, III. 75 weight of the, III. 101 length of the, III. 101 appearances of, III. 101
FOMITES, 106
181FOOD, adulterations of, 74
FOOTSTEPS, importance of tracing, III. 37
FORAMINA, examination of, III. 79 natural, extraordinary case of, III. 80
FOXGLOVE, II. 203
FRACTURE of the skull, examination of, III. 46
FROTH or foam, appearance of, III. 21
FUMIGATION should be enforced, 142
FUNGI, poisonous, II. 425
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GALVANISM, II. 82
GAMBOGE, II. 203—207—371
GAOL fever, II. 115 See Jail. infectious diseases in, II. 113—115
GAOLER, to receive persons committed by the College of Physicians, 20—26
GAS, nuisances by, 331 diminution of, 339
GASES, noxious, II. 48
GASTRIC juice, effects of, II. 164—168—171 appearance of solutions by, II. 175 perforations, II. 164—III. 64
GENITALS, examination of the, III. 72
GESTATION, usual period of, 218—230 shortest period, 241 longest period, 242 authorities on, 247
GLASS powdered, II. 146—334
GODFREY, Sir Edmonsbury, II. 95
GOULARD’S extract, II. 350
GRAVES, depth of, 93—98
GRAVEL, feigned, 366
GRIEF, excessive, death by, II. 26—28—30—110
GUNPOWDER, not to be kept in large quantities, 352
GUNSHOT wounds, II. 124 course of, ib.
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HABEAS Corpus to bring up a lunatic, 294
HÆMOPTHYSIS, feigned, 365
HAIR, chopped, II. 334
182HANGING, death by, II. 42 whether induced by apoplexy, II. 43 signs of death, produced by, II. 45 recovering after, 89 death by, III. 42 accidental, III. 43 murder by, III. 44
HARGRAVE, Francis, his note on the legitimate period of gestation, 218
HARVEY, Dr. William, 8
HEAD, injuries of, 326—II. 25 policy of preserving, III. 73
HEALTH, preservation of the public, 85 in Ireland, 85
HEART, functions of the, II. 17 rupture of, II. 26 See Syncope. morbid structure of, II. 30 examination of the, III. 56 ruptured, III. 60 of infant, examination of the, III. 119
HEAT, death by, II. 63 application of, II. 81
HELLEBORE, II. 203—207 white, II. 372 poisoning by, II. 373 antidote to, II. 374 black, II. 374 fœtid, II. 375
HEMLOCK, II. 148—203—207—420 water, II. 421
HENBANE, II. 207 black, II. 395
HEREDITARY madness, 325
HERMAPHRODITES, 207—228—283 non-existence of, 284—288 supposed cases of, 285—288
HERNIA feigned, 373
HOMICIDE generally, II. 1 by misadventure, II. 466
HOMO diluvii testis, detected, III. 83
HORN manufactories, a source of nuisance, 338
HOSPITALS, ventilation of, 126 not nuisances, 351
183HUMANE Society, system of, II. 77
HUNTERIAN Museum, 58
HYDROGEN, sulphuretted, II. 49
HYDRO-cyanic acid, II. 396 see prussic acid.
HYDROMETER, 377
HYDROSTATIC test of infanticide, III. 109 Dr. Hutchinson’s mode, III. 111 test, objections to, III. 113
HYDROPHOBIA, suggestion on, II. 446
HYMEN, 203 imperforate, 207 as a proof of virginity, 428 authorities on, 430
HYPOCONDRIASIS, 320
HYSSOP, hedge, II. 207
HYSTERIA, feigned, 362
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IDENTITY of children, 219 how to be proved, 222 mistakes as to, 440—III. 8—142 non, plea of, III. 131
IDIOT, cannot marry, 171
IDIOTS, 289—290
IDIOTCY, medically considered, 308 congenital, 308 general symptoms of, 309 in criminal cases, III. 131
ILLUSION, mental, 301
IMPOTENCE, 176—197 mental, 177—210 corporeal, 197 absolute or relative, 197—215—217 temporary or permanent, ib. organic, 197 by phymosis, 204 in females, 206 by adhesion, ib. by irritability, 208 functional, 208 by epilepsy, 209
IMPOSITIONS, 355
184IMPREGNATION, 203—III. 71 sine penetratione, 203 per urethram, 204 experiments on, 268 consent not necessary to, 436
IMPRISON, power of Censors to, 24
IMPRISONMENT, murder by excessive, II. 112
INCISED wounds, II. 119
INDICTMENT for nuisances, 334—350
INFANT, violation of, 419 See Rape. dead body of, how to be examined, III. 99 whether born alive, III. 100 dissection of, III. 107 death of, whether natural, III. 122 criminals, III. 131
INFANCY, 188
INFANTICIDE, 249—258—III. 84 physiological illustrations of, III. 98
INFECTION, distinction of, 105 increasing danger of, a nuisance, 352
INJUNCTION, against nuisances, 340
INQUEST, Coroners, II. 93—112 See Coroner. by Justices of the Peace, II. 98—107
INQUISITION of lunacy, 295 in England does not bind land in Ireland, 295
INQUIRY, medical, synopsis of, III. 1 as to bodily health, III. 8 age and occupation, ib. present symptoms, ib. meals last taken, III. 9 stools and vomitings, III. 11—13 remedies used, III. 12 paroxysm of passion, III. 14 intoxication, III. 15 body found dead, III. 18 description of person, III. 22 formation of the neck, III. 22 period elapsed since death, III. 23 marks of wounds, III. 25 whether self inflicted, III. 32 smell of cloaths, III. 35 185marks of rape, III. 35 surrounding objects, III. 36 marks of struggle, III. 37 thunder storms, III. 38 coup de soleil, III. 38 weapons, their nature and situation, III. 38 on body found in the water, III. 39 on body found hanging, III. 42
INSANITY, medically considered, 307 symptoms of, 312—320—359 sudden, 315 exaggerated ideas of, 316—318 necessity of medical evidence on, 315 questions on, 317 kinds of, 318 excessive coection improper in, 322 recovery from, 323 causes of, 324 hereditary, 324 from injuries of the head, 326 increase of, in France, 326 wine and spirits, dangerous in, 327 women more liable to, 327 appearances on dissection, 327—II. 104 feigned, 358 puerperal, 327—III. 129
INSENSIBILITY, delivery during, 243
INSURANCE on lives, 381 foreign case on, 387
INTOXICATION, suffocation during, II. 58 effect of cold during, II. 60 death by, II. 437 treatment of, II. 439
INTUS-susception, III. 65
IODINE, effect of, on arsenic and sublimate, II. 272
IRISH Health Act, 85
IRON, effect of, on copper, II. 293
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JAIL fever, 124—II. 115 at Cambridge, 124 Oxford, 125—II. 115 Exeter, 125 186Taunton, 125 at Newgate, 125 Dublin, II. 115
JATROPA, curcas, II. 203—207
JAUNDICE, feigned, 365
JOY, excessive, death by, II. 28
JURIES, physicians exempt, 16
JUVENTUS, 192
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KALI (see Potass)
KIDNEYS, rupture of the, III. 67
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LABOUR, premature, when to be excited, 271
LACERATIONS, II. 123
LACTOMETER, 377
LAUREL water, II. 396
LAZAR, or Leper, 86
LAZARETTOES, 104—129
LEAD, melted, death by, II. 202 and its compounds, II. 202—336 red, danger of, II. 277—352 detection of, ib. melted, death by swallowing, II. 317 action of water on, II. 338 diseases induced by, ib.—356 in wines and cider, II. 340—344 combined with tin, is safe, II. 348 sugar of, II. 349 Goulard’s extract of, II. 350—359—360 white, II. 350 sub-carbonate of, ib. oxide of, II. 351 red, II. 352 symptoms of poisoning by, II. 353 dissection after, II. 357 physiological action of, II. 358 tests of, II. 361
LEADEN utensils, danger of, II. 338 glaze of earthenware, II. 340
LEGITIMACY, 216—246
LEGITIMATION of children, 218
187LEPROSO amovendo, writ de, 86
LETTUCE, II. 207
LEUCORRHŒA, 418
LIABILITIES, medical, 72
LICENTIATES, litigations of, 41—46—50
LICENCE, partial, 48
LIGHTNING, death by, II. 63 returning stroke of, II. 66 precautions during, II. 66
LIKENESS, dangers of trusting to, 221
LILLY, Wm., the Astrologer, licenced, 13
LIME kiln, when a nuisance, 351 a poison, II. 202 vapour of, III. 36
LIME water, effect of, on arsenic, II. 249 effect of, on sublimate, II. 271 tartar emetic, II. 284 quick, II. 325 poisoning by, ib. tests of, II. 326
LINACRE, Dr. Thomas, 6
LITHARGE, II. 351—359 adulteration of wine by, II. 346
LIVES, insurance on, 381
LIVER, examination of the, III. 65 ruptured, ib.
LOCAL circumstances, or habit, when important, III. 27
LOCHIA, 252
LOCUSTA, poisons of, II. 133—139
LONDON, City of, not to be prejudiced, 17 practice in, 16 extent of buildings in, 349
LOURLULARY, or Lourgary, 350
LUCID intervals, 299 difficulty of ascertaining, 322
LUNAR caustic, a test for arsenic, II. 240
LUNACY in criminal cases, III. 131
LUNATIC may contract marriage, and how, 171
LUNATICS, 289 access to, 294 commission, 295 committee of the person, 297 estate, 298 comfort of, the first object, 298 188recovery of, 299—323 mode of examining, 318 suicide by, II. 105—107 supposed legal remedy of, 294 asylums, 304 commissions for visiting, 304
LUNGS, examination of the, III. 53 of infant, examination of, III. 109 weight of, III. 117 functions of the, II. 17 appearance of, in cases of narcotic poisoning, II. 394
LUTEA, corpora, III. 70
LUTE, fire, composition of, II. 234
M
MACLEAN, Dr. C. on the Plague, 110
MADNESS, 289 see Insanity.
MAGGOTS, death by, II. 453
MALA praxis, punishment of, 38 death by, II. 467
MALTA, plague of 1813, 130
MANHOOD, 193
MANIA, 311 See Insanity. hereditary, 173—186
MANDAMUS, Dr. Letch’s, 42 Dr. Fothergill’s, 50 Dr. Archer’s, 50
MANNERS, change of its influence on health, 88
MANSLAUGHTER, II. 2
MANUFACTORIES, diseases in, 89
MARRIAGE, 168 who may contract, ib. parties to, must be habiles ad matrimonium, 170 must be habiles ad consensus, 171 idiot cannot contract, 171 deaf and dumb can, ib. lunatic may and how, ib. ancient laws of, 172 nullity of, 176
MECONIC acid, II. 385—387
189MEDICAL practitioners, exemptions and liabilities of, 72
MEDICINES, patent, abuse of, 40 dangerous, sale of, 140
MELANCHOLIA, 312—320
MELIUS inquirendum in lunacy, 296
MEMBERS of the College of Physicians, who are, 41—45
MENORRHAGIA, 255
MENSES, 187—232 peculiarity of the discharge, 187 cessation of, 194
MERCURY, poisoning by, II. 148 and its compounds, II. 201 metallic, II. 258—264 oxymuriate or bichloride of, (see Sublimate). red oxide of, II. 275 nitric oxide of, II. 276 sulphuret of, II. 276 volatility of, II. 459 metallic, salivation by, II. 459
MERCURIAL vapours, II. 458
MIDWIFE, baptism by, 82 oath of, 83 licence of, by the College, 43 by the Bishops, 83
MIDWIFERY, 82
MILITARY surgery, 355
MILITIA, liability to serve in, 75
MILK, secretion of, how far a proof of delivery, 253 man having, 254 adulterations of, 378 assay of, ib.
MILREEK, or miner’s colic, II. 355
MINERAL poisons, II. 209 readily detected, II. 186
MINES, accidents in, II. 99
MINIUM, II. 352
MITCHELL and family, case of, II. 187—217
MONKS practised physic, 2
MONOMANIA, 318
MONSTERS, 226—227 not to be destroyed, 228
MORPHIA, II. 385 effect of, II. 387
190MORTALITY, bills of, 143 Breslaw, ib. Northampton, ib.—147 London, 143 importance of, 145 imperfections of, 145—146 Chester, 147 York, ib.
MURDER, II. 2 self, (see suicide), II. 104 generally, II. 110 of infants, (see Infanticide), II. 111 by duress, II. 112 by wounding, II. 116 by blows, II. 116
MURIATIC acid, II. 202—313 poisoning by, II. 313 tests of, II. 314
MUSCLE (Mytilus Edulis), II. 449—453
MUSHROOMS, poison of, II. 203 poisonous, II. 425 poisoning by, II. 428 antidotes, II. 433
N
NARCOTIC poisons, II. 141—161—203—207—382
NARROTICO-acrid poisons, II. 203—205—207—410
NARCOTINE, II. 385
NAVEL string, strangulation by, III. 123 neglect of, III. 126 hemorrhage, III. 127
NECK, dislocation of, II. 44
NECROPOLIS, project of, 99
NERVES, injuries of, II. 44
NICOTIN, II. 416
NIGHTSHADE, II. 207—410
NITRATE of silver, a test for arsenic, II. 240 objection to, considered, II. 241 best mode of using, II. 241 poisoning by, II. 300 See silver.
NITRE, poisoning by, II. 381 test of, II. 382
191NITRIC acid, II. 305 death by, II. 147—202 poisoning by, II. 306 tests of, II. 312
NITRIC oxide of mercury, II. 276
NOISES, excessive, nuisances by, 331—348—351
NON-COMPOS, (see insanity and lunacy), 290
NOYAU, creme de, danger of, II. 404
NUISANCES, 330 various kinds of, 330 by putrefaction or fermentation, 330 by tainting the air, 330 the waters, 331—350—351 by noises, 331—348—351 indictment of, 334 actions for, 340 injunctions against, 340 when allowed, 341 evidence on, 347 by probable danger, 352 whether a new comer can have his action for, 353 continuance of, 353
NUX vomica, II. 203—421 uncertain effects of, II. 422
O
OATH of Censor, 18 allegiance and supremacy, 18
OBSTRUCTIONS, death or disease by, II. 144—145
ŒSOPHAGUS ruptured, II. 63
OFFALS, animal poison in, II. 446
OILS, fixed, dangers of, (see combustion), 406
ONIONS, decoction of, error respecting, II. 246
OPERATION, cæsarian, 226—274 sigaultian, 274—280
OPIUM, sale of, should be regulated, 140—II. 383 poisoning by, II. 142—207 excessive dose of, II. 151 Turkey, II, 384 East Indian, II. 383 eaters, II. 388 symptoms of poisoning by, II. 389 action on the brain, II. 389—390 192physiological action of, II. 390 treatment in cases of poisoning by, II. 391 mechanical removal of from the stomach, II. 392 detection of, 394
OPHTHALMIA, feigned, 372
OPTICAL deceptions, II. 247
ORGANIC lesions, and effects of poison, II. 162
ORPIMENT, II. 257
OSSIFICATION, III. 75
OVARIA, absence of, 192—213 essential to puberty, 192 diseased, 213 should be examined, II. 181 examination of the, III. 70
OVERBURY, Sir T. murder of, II. 130—137—222—331
OXALIC acid, II. 315 fatal mistakes of, 141—II. 315 poisoning by, II. 316 tests of, ib. antidotes to, ib.
OXYGEN, requisite for respiration, II. 34 consumption of, increased by action, II. 34—39 death, by air deprived of, II. 42
OXYGENIZED blood, necessary to life, II. 20
OXFORD, University of, degrees in, 3—17
OXYMURIATIC acid gas, II. 464
P
PAINTER’S colic, II. 355
PALSY, feigned, 362
PAPIST, recusant cannot practice, 15
PARIS, cemeteries of, 95
PARISH Offices, physicians exempt, 18
PARR, old, 172
PARTURITION, 241 questions on, 241 during insensibility, 243 recent, signs of, 251 difficulty of determining, 258 diseases resembling, 254
PASSIONS violent, their effect, II. 26
PASSION, effects of, III. 14
PEEL, Sir Robert, cotton factories, 89
193PEINE fort et dure, II. 56
PELVIS, distorted, 272—274
PENETRATION, in rape, 427
PENIS, malformation of, 203 excessive, 204 diminutive, 201 mutilated, 205 paralysis of, 205
PERFORATIONS, gastric, II. 164—III. 62 in the stomach, II. 164 appearance of, II. 175 not always a sign of poison, II. 175
PERICARDIUM, examination of, III. 56
PERSONAL identity, III 8—131—142
PHANTOMS of insanity, 321
PHARMACOPŒIA, 52
PHOSPHATES distinguished from arsenic, II. 241
PHOSPHORUS, II. 202—333 poisoning by, II. 333
PHYSICIAN, profession of, 1 College of, founded, 6 powers of, 23 charter confirmed, 13 College of how to sue, 28 classes of, 52
PICROTOXINE, II. 425
PLAGUE, regulations in time of, 86 contagion of, 95 definition of, 108 authorities on, 108—111—112 contagious, 109 Dr. Maclean on, 110 at Marseilles, ib. Messina, ib. ancient authorities on, 111 report of the College on, 113—Appx. 185 in London, 121 source of the, 127 at Malta, 1813, 130 police, 104
PLOMB or asphyxia of privies, 101
PLOUQUET’S test of infanticide, III. 117
POISON, definition of, II. 142
POISONS generally, II. 131 194classification of, 199—207 slow, II. 132—143—149—355 vegetable, II. 138—182—366 narcotic, II. 141—154—161—200—203—381 consecutive, II. 147—149 accumulative, II. 148—149—260—355 absolute, II. 150 relative, II. ib. corrosive, II. 154—200—201 astringent, II. 200—202—336 animal, II. 440 septic, II. 200—204—ib. aerial, II. 204—456 acrid, II. 200—202—371 mineral, II. 209 mechanical, II. 334 narcotico-acrid, II. 200—203—205 absorption of, II. 208 external application of, II. ib. effect of on animals, II. 193 of the toad, II. 139 of the lepus marinus, II. 141 of acrid bile, II. 158 of fishes, II. 204 of vipers, II. 442
POISONING, murder by, II. 128 antiquity of, II. 132—138 fables of, II. 136 evidence of, II. 153 questions on, II. 154 by arsenic, II. 216 sublimate, II. 259 antimony, II. 270 copper, II. 291 muriate of tin, II. 295 sulphate of zinc, II. 297 nitrate of silver, II. — concentrated acids, II. 301 sulphuric acid, II. 303 oxalic acid, II. 316 potass, II. 202—320—322 soda, II. 323 ammonia, II. 324 195lime, II. 325 baryta, II. 327 phosphorus, II. 333 lead, II. 353 white hellebore, II. 373 black hellebore, II. 374 fœtid hellebore, II. 375 elaterium, II. 376 colocynth, II. 377 euphorbium, II. 378 savine, II. 378 aconite, II. 380 nitre, II. 381 opium, II. 388 henbane, II. 395 prussic acid, II. 398 nightshade, II. 411 stramonium, II. 414 tobacco, II. 418 hemlock, II. 421 nux vomica, II. 422 mushrooms, II. 428 alcohol, II. 436 fish, II. 451
POISONOUS drugs, sale of, II. 139 proposed regulation, II. 141 fish, II. 449
POITOU, colic of, II. 340—344—346—350
POLICE plague, 104 medical, 138
POPPIES red, mistake arising from, II. 231
POTASS, II. 319 a poison, II. 202—320 carbonate and subcarbonate, effect on sublimate, II. 271 effect on copper, II. 293 arseniate of, effect on copper, II. 293 triple prussiate of, effect on copper, II. 294 subcarbonate of, II. 322 poisoning by, ib. antidotes to, II. 323
POTASSÆ, liquor, II. 320 tests of, ib.
POTASSA fusa, II. 321
196POTASSA cum calce, II. 321
PRACTICE within London and seven miles, confined to College of Physicians and their Licentiates, 16—41 unlicenced, punishment of, 23—26 action for, 28 what is, 30—35 in the country, 41
PRATIQUE, 128
PREGNANCY, 230 See Gestation. symptoms of, 233 how to ascertain, 236 mistaken for dropsy, 237 may be coexistent with dropsy, 238 privileges of, 239 feigned, 249 signs on dissection, III. 69 plea of, III. 131—141
PRESCRIPTIONS, 64
PRIAPISM, 205
PRINCE Charles Edward, 223
PRINCES, births of, disputed, ib. precautions at, ib.
PRISON discipline, 89—II. 113
PRISONERS, death of, II. 111—112
PRIVIES, cleansing, 100 asphixia of, 101 explosion in, ib. regulation of, 102 in Paris, ib. gas of, II. 463 infants found in, III. 124
PRECOCITY of talent, 184
PROLAPSUS uteri, 287 feigned, 373
PROTESTANTS, French, charter to, 30
PRUSSIAN blue, nuisance of manufactory, 337
PRUSSIC acid, II. 207—396 spontaneous generation of, II. 162 properties of, II. 397 poisoning by, II. 398 suicide by, II. 399—401 accidents by, II. 399—401—402 physiological action of, II. 404 197antidotes, II. 406 test of, II. 408
PTYALISM, extraordinary case of, II. 461
PUBERTY, age of, 170—185 signs of in males, 185 in females, 187 premature, 188 singular case of, 189 how to ascertain, 190
PUERPERAL insanity, III. 129
PUERITIA, 184
PULMONIC test of Infanticide, III. 109
PULVIS successionis, II. 142
PUNCTURES, II. 120
PUNISHMENTS, III. 147
PUTREFACTION, whether capable of generating contagion, 122 nuisances by, 330 as a test of death, II. 3 in cases of poisoning, II. 155—182 signs of in the stomach, II. 181 should not prevent dissection, II. 185
PUTRESCENT animal matter, II. 443
Q
QUARANTINE, 104—127 origin of, 127 laws, 131 vexatious application of, 131 necessity of, 136
QUICKSILVER, see Mercury.
QUO warranto against the President and Censors of the College of Physicians, 46
QUICK or not, question of, III. 142
R
RANUNCULI, II. 207
RAPE, 416 accusation of, should be immediate, 416 appeal of abolished, 417 in Scotland, 417 immediate medical examination necessary, 417—424 signs of, 417 accuser and accused to be medically examined, 417 198false accusation of, 418—426 general observations, 419—424 on the person of an infant, 419 cases of, 420 evidence of infant, 421 male infant under 14 deemed incapable of—sed q., 422 penetration, whether necessary, 427—433 emissio seminis, 427—433 whether Eunuchs can commit, 433 evidence on, 434—439
REALGAR, II. 259
RECOVERY of drowned persons, II. 78
RECTUM, poison inserted into, II. 222—230 examination of the, III. 64
RESEMBLANCE, personal, 220 animal, 221
RESPIRATION, II. 18 artificial, II. 21—78 cessation of, II. 33 utmost suspension of, II. 33 of infants, III. 113 in utero, 224
RESPONSIBILITY, criminal, III. 131
RHEUMATISM, feigned, 358
RICINUS, II. 203
ROYAL Letters, 3
RYE, spurred, poison of, II. 204
S
SAFETY lamp, II. 100
SAFFRON, meadow, II. 207
SALIVATION by sublimate, II. 261
SALT, spirit of, see muriatic acid.
SALT Tax, impolicy of, 90
SANDARACH, mistake of, II. 210
SATURNINE medicines, danger of, II. 359
SAUSAGES, danger of, II. 445
SAVINE, II. 207—378 administering, III. 86—94
SCAMMONY, II. 203
SCHOOLS, diseases in, 90
SCROFULA, hereditary, 173
SEARCHERS, duty of, 144 inadequacy of, 144
199SENECTUS, 194
SEPTIC poisons, II. 204—440
SEX, mistaken, 285—286—288
SEXES, equal births of both, 259
SHEEP skins, steeping, a nuisance, 351
SICKNESS, the sweating, 124
SIGAULTIAN operation, 274—280
SIGHT, defective, feigned, 372
SILVER and its compounds, II. 202 nitrate of, II. 207—299 poisoning by, II. 300 tests of, II. 300
SKELETON, examination of the, III. 73 sex of, III. 76
SKULL, examination of, III. 36
SLAUGHTERING in cities, 92
SLAUGHTER houses, nuisance of, 344
SLOW poisoning, II. 145
SMALL pox, exposure of persons with, 86 contagion of, 98 effect of fresh air on, II. 5
SMELTING houses, when nuisances, 338—341 importance of, 342 evidence on, 348
SMOKE, nuisances by, 331—333 modes of diminishing, 335
SMOTHERING, death by, II. 48
SNUFF, dangerous abuse of, II. 419
SOAP boilers, a nuisance, 338
SODA, poisoning by, II. 202—323 tests of, II. 321
SOLEIL, coup de, III. 24—38
SOMNOLENCY, feigned, 359
SPINE, fracture of, III. 44
SPINAL marrow, functions of, II. 20—24
SPIRITS, effects of, II. 434
SPLEEN, ruptured, II. 123—III. 66
SPONTANEOUS combustion (see combustion), 402
SPORADIC fever, 117
SPURRED rye, II. 204
SQUILL, II. 203—207
STABBING, statute of, II. 2
STARCH, manufactories, 332
200STARVATION, death by, II. 67—110 cases of, II. 68 voluntary, II. 69
STATUTES, 51. Hen. 3., 375 17. Edw. 2. c. 9., 291 12. Rich. 2. c. 13., 350 9. Hen. 5., 12 3. Hen. 8., 3 5. Hen. 8., 54 14 & 15. Hen. 8., 12—72 21. Hen. 8. c. 1., 402 22. Hen. 8., II. 128 22. Hen. 8. c. 1., 402 23. Hen. 8., II. 468 32. Hen. 8. c. 38., 18—54—72—169—II. 466 34. & 35. Hen. 8., 19—30 37. Hen. 8. c. 26., 402 1. Mary. c. 9., 18—20—26—31 1. & 2. Ph. & Ma. c. 8., 169 4. & 5. Ph. & Ma. c. 4., 402 1. Edw. 6. c. 12., 402—II. 128 2. Edw. 6. c. 8., 297 2. & 3. Edw. 6. c. 23., 169 5. & 6. Edw. 6. c. 12., 171 1. Eliz. c. 1., 169 5. Eliz. c. 10., 154 43. Eliz. c. 13., 402 1. Ja. 1. c. 31., 86 1. Ja. 1. c. 8., II. 2 9. Ja. 1. c. 5., 15 21. Ja. 1. c. 21., III. 85 21. Ja. 1. c. 27., III. ib. 22. & 23. Car. 2. c. 7., 402 2. Wm. & Ma. sess. 2. c. 8., 336 7. & 8. Wm. 3. c. 35., 171 8. Ann. c. 18., 375 10. Ann. c. 19., 171 1. Geo. 1. c. 48., 402 9. Geo. 1. c. 22., 402 10. Geo. 1., 21—40 12. Geo. 1. c. 61., 352 13. Geo. 1., 21 4. Geo. 2. c. 10., 290 20118. Geo. 2. c. 15., 54 10. Geo. 2. c. 32., 402 15. Geo. 2. c. 30., 171 22. Geo. 2. c. 2., 155 28. Geo. 2. c. 19., 402 31. Geo. 2. c. 29., 375 31. Geo. 2. c. 42., 402 9. Geo. 3. c. 29., 402 14. Geo. 3. c. 48., 381 14. Geo. 3. c. 49., 304—305 18. Geo. 3. c. 19., 156 26. Geo, 3. c. 60., 131 40. Geo. 3. c. 79., 136 43. Geo. 3. c. 58., III. 58 44. Geo. 3. c. 98., 135 45. Geo. 3. c. 10., 131 45. Geo. 3. c. 92., 156 48. Geo. 3. c. 96., 306 55. Geo. 3., 62 56. Geo. 3. c. 69., 306 57. Geo. 3. c. 22., 345 57. Geo. 3. c. 106., 306 58. Geo. 3. c. 28., 379 58. Geo. 3. c. 56., 379 58. Geo. 3. c. 65., 379 59. Geo. 3. c. 41., 85 59. Geo. 3. c. 127., 306 1. Geo. 4. c. 98., 306 1. & 2. Geo. 4. c. 33., 306
STEAM engines, number of, 334
STEEL not blackened by arsenic, II. 250 blackened by corrosive sublimate, II. 250—270
STENCH, noxious, nuisances by, 346 need not be unwholesome, 348 death by, II. 111
STERILITY, 197—212 organic, 212 functional, 214 sympathetic, 215—217
STIFFNESS, cadaverous, II. 13—III. 23
STOMACH, injuries of, by poison, II. 163 changes in, after death, II. 164 solution or digestion of, II. 166—171 202vascular appearance of, II. 173 red colour, not always to be attributed to poison, II. 230 suspected to contain arsenic, examination of, II. 254 examination of, for sublimate, II. 274 copper, II. 295 lead, II. 357—365 of infants, examination of, III. 120 examination of the, III. 61 ruptured, III. 63 appearance of, in cases of sudden death, II. 393
STONE, feigned, 366
STRAMONIUM, II. 203—413 poisoning by, II. 414
STRANGULATION, II. 21—24—26—42 death by, II. 46
STRYCHNIA, II. 422
SUBLIMATE, corrosive, II. 141—207 Suleyman, the taker of, II. 151 absorption of, II. 187 effect of on dough, II. 250 blackens steel, II. 250—270 properties of, II. 259 smell of vapour, ib. poisoning by, ib. symptoms of a large dose, II. 260 symptoms of small doses, II. 260 salivation by, II. 261 physiological action of, II. 262 antidotes and treatment of, II. 263 action of albumen on, II. 264 gluten on, II. 265 tests for, II. 267 galvanic test, Sylvester’s, II. 268 Archdeacon Wollaston’s, ib. test by precipitation, II. 269 carbonate of potass, II. 271 subcarbonate of potass, ib. ammonia, ib. lime water, ib. nitrate of tin, II. 272 iodine, II. 272 sublimation, II. 273 203mode of detecting, when mixed, II. 273 converted into calomel, II. 273 examination of the stomach for, II. 273 effect of tartarized antimony, II. 274
SUBPŒNA ad testificandum, 154
SUCCESSION, Poudres de, II. 355
SUFFOCATION, II. 32—III. 21—24—36 death by, how produced, II. 32 cases of, II. 49—50—55 by compression, II. 55 by obstruction, II. 57 voluntary, fable of, II. 56 during intoxication, II. 58
SUICIDE, II. 1—104 disputed, III. 20 by idiots or lunatics, II. 105 by an infant, II. 195 forfeiture, II. 106 burial of, II. 108 questions on, III. 32 by drowning, III. 41
SUGILLATIONS to be distinguished from ecchymoses, III. 104
SULEYMAN Yeyen, II. 151
SULPHURIC acid, II. 202—302 poisoning by, II. 303 antidotes to, II. 304 tests of, II. 305
SULPHUROUS acid gas, II. 465
SULPHURETTED hydrogen gas, II. 462
SULPHATE of copper, effect on arsenic, II. 245—291
SULPHURETS of arsenic, II. 257 tests of, II. 258 of mercury, II. 276
SUPERFŒTATION, 247—260 cases of, 261 modern case of, 262 in animals, 266 questions on, 268 circumstances essential to, 269
SUPPOSITITIOUS children, 219
SURGEONS of London, 3 College of, 54 204their Charters, 55—57 military and naval, 56 actions against for mala praxis, 88
SURVIVORSHIP, 388 according to the Code Napoleon, 392 case of, chemically determined, III. 25
SUSPENDED animation (see animation), II. 9
SWINE keeping in London a nuisance, 336
SYMPATHY, extraordinary effects of, 363
SYNCOPE, II. 25 from hemorrhage, II. 26 feigned, II. 360
SYNOPSIS of objects of enquiry in cases of sudden death, III. 1
T
TALLOW MELTERS, nuisance of, 944—346
TAN YARDS, when nuisances, 332
TANNIN effect of on arsenic tests, II. 248
TARTAR emetic, II. 204—207—274—279—280
TENANT by the courtesy, 225
TESTICLES necessary to puberty, 192 use of, 197 want of, 198 concealed, ib. defective, 201—202 wasting of, 202
TESTS, chemical, of arsenic, II. 232 sublimate, II. 267 lead, II. 361 copper, II. 292 nitre, II. 382
THORAX, dissection of, III. 52
TIN and its compounds, II. 202 muriate and oxide of, II. 207 nitrate of, effect on sublimate, II. 272 important use of, II. 290—348 muriate of, poisonous, II. 295
TIPPLE, case of Thomas, II. 117
TOAD, poison of the, II. 139
TOBACCO, II. 414 essential oil of, II. 416 prejudices against, II. 415—416 205poisoning by, II. 418 injection of, dangerous, II. ib. physiological action of, II. 419 difference between the essential oil and infusion of, II. 420 abuse of, II. 88 poison, II. 203—207
TOPHANA, poisons of, II. 134—141
TOXICOLOGY, see Poisons, II. 131
TRADES dangerous, II. 457—III. 8
TRANCES or apparent death, II. 4—6—25
TRAVERSE, right of, in lunacy, 296 by idiot in person, 297 by lunatic, by attorney, ib.
TREAD MILL, III. 147
TREATMENT of persons poisoned by opium, II. 390
TRIUMPH, H. M. S., case on board, II. 460
TURNER and family, case of, II. 216—250—III. 94
TWINS, united, 227
TYPHUS, generation of, 98 causes of, 123 danger of in populous places, 352
U
UMBILICAL cord, see Navel string.
ULCERS, feigned, 372
UNIVERSITIES, 3—5—13—23—24—28—68
UPAS Antiar, II. 207
URINE, vomiting, feigned, 365 bloody, feigned, ib. incontinence of, feigned, 366
UTERUS examination of the, III. 67 absence of, 192—212 imperforate, 212 polypus in, 213 during gestation, 231 gravid, examination of, 237 double, 265 prolapsus of, 287 necessity of inspecting in doubtful cases of sudden death, II. 181
UTERINUS vagitus, 224
206V
VAGINA, adhesions in, 206 imperforate, ib. obstructed, ib. malformation of, 207 double, 265—266 state of in virgins, 431 poison introduced into, II. 221 examination of the, III. 72
VAGITUS Uterinus, 224
VAPOUR, noxious, nuisances by, 331
VAPOURS, mercurial, II. 458 noxious, III. 36
VARNISH manufactories, nuisances, 338
VEGETABLE fermentation, a source of nuisance, 332—345 poisons, II. 138—182—366
VENEREAL disease, 88
VENOMOUS animals, II. 440
VENTILATION in jails, importance of, 125
VERATRIA, II. 374
VERDEGRIS, II. 207—288—290
VERMILION, detection of, II. 277
VESALIUS, a Spanish physician, case of, II. 6
VESPA, II. 443
VIABILITE, 243
VIABILITY of infant, III. 100—108
VILLOUS coat of the stomach, separation of, II. 163
VINEGAR, action of on opium, II. 392 on prussic acid, II. 406
VIPERS, II. 440 bite of, II. 441
VIRGINITY, signs of, 424
VIRGINS, corpora lutea in, III. 71
VITERBI case of, II. 69
VITRIOL, white, see Sulphate of Zinc. oil of, see Sulphuric Acid.
VOMITING blood, feigned, 365 urine feigned, ib. difficult to excite in cases of poisoning by opium, II. 389—393
W
WADDING, murder detected by the examination of, III. 39
207WATCH and WARD, physicians exempt, 18—72 surgeons and apothecaries exempt, 54
WATER, in the stomach or lungs of bodies supposed to have been drowned, II. 38 boiling, death by, II. 202—316 stagnant, 91 tainting, 330—350—351
WHITING, case of Michael, II. 265
WHITEWASHING infected chambers should be enforced, 142
WILL, incapacity of making a, 293
WINE, action of, II. 434
WINES adulterated with lead, II. 344—345 test of, II. 363
WITNESSES, medical, 153 expenses of, 154 examination of, 158 not privileged, 160 observations on, 161
WOMB and its appendages, III. 69
WOUNDS, classification of, II. 116 examination of, II. 118—III. 45 direction of, II. 119—126 incised, II. 119 gun-shot, II. 124 whether inflicted during life, II. 127—III. 31 whether mortal, III. 30
WOUNDING, murder by, II. 116
Y
YELLOW fever, 109—116—135
Z
ZINC and its compounds, II. 202 sulphate of, II. 207 poisoning by, II. 297 tests of, II. 299
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