INDEX

Abdomen, P.-M. exam., 58, 59;

enlargement of, 153;

in delivery, 156;

in pregnancy, 153;

in starvation, 132;

injuries of, 75

Abel, Prof., on arsenic, 284

Abercrombie, Dr., on apoplexy, 73

Abortion, criminal, 64, 76, 159 et seq.;

causes of, 160, 161;

dangers of, 161;

definition of, 160, 164;

examination in, 162, 163;

in poisoning, 313, 317, 319, 322;

law of, 159;

R. v. Goodhall, 159

Abscess, in wounds, 84

Accident, death from, 2

Acetanilide (antifebrin), 363

Acetic acid, 262

Acetone, in starvation, 132

Acetylene gas, 401

Acid poisons, 231, 234, 246

Aconite and aconitine, 229, 234, 239, 348, 375, 376

Action (general) of poisons, 232-34

Acts of Parliament:—

Arsenic Act, 1851 (14 Vict. c. 13), 230, 275;

Coroners Acts, De Officio Coronatoris

(4 Edw. I, c. 2, 1275), 3, 4;

50 & 51 Vict., 1887, 3;

Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, 12;

Fœticide (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, sec. 58 and 59), 159;

Habitual Drunkard‘s Act, 226;

Indictable Offences Act, 1848 (sec. 17), 18;

Infanticide (21 Jac. I. c. 27), 165;

(24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, sec. 60), 166;

Lunacy Acts (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100, secs. 90 and 114), 195;

(16 & 17 Vict. c. 70), 224;

(16 & 17 Vict. c. 96, sec. 4), 207;

(25 & 26 Vict. c. 86), 224;

(53 Vict. c. 5, 1890), 210-219;

(53 Vict. c. 53), 207, 223;

(54 & 55 Vict. c. 65, 1891), 207, 223;

Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, 198;

Notification of Births Act, 1907, 12;

Notification of Infectious Diseases, 1889, 12;

Pharmacy Act, 1868, 228;

Poisons Act (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, secs. 11, 22-25, 228;

Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908, 229;

Additions to Schedule Order, 1913, 229;

Rape (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, sec. 48), 140;

(48 & 49 Vict. c. 69, 1885), 140, 141;

Wounding (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, sec. 18), 69

Adam, Dr., on croton oil, 318

Addington, on poisoning, 240

Adipocere, 52

After-pains, in delivery, 156

Age, ossification as a sign of, 33, 34, 174;

putrefaction, 50

Ague and arsenic, 274

Air and putrefaction, 50, 55

Albumen, as antidote, 300, 312;

in urine, 41, 258, 268, 307, 382

Alcohol, 40, 62, 114, 119, 120, 135, 226, 231,

232, 244, 348, 354 et seq.;

amylic, 362

Alexander, on poisoning, 233, 238

Alimentary canal, 61, 271, 291, 297, 306, 310, 322, 346

Alison, on infanticide, 166

Alkalies, in poisoning, 231, 234, 262 et seq.

Alkaloid poisons, 229;

mydriatic, 349 et seq.;

putrefactive, 323 et seq.;

vegetable, 335 et seq.

Allen, Dr., on CO₂, 397

Almonds, bitter, 62, 229, 361, 373

Amenorrhœa, in sterility, 188

Ammonia, 264 et seq.

Amos, on inheritance, 184

Anæmia, 132, 299, 307, 401, 403

Analysis, chem., in P.-M. exam., 57, 62

Anasarca, 41

Aneurysm, in death from wounds, 81

Aniline oil, 108, 361, 362

Animal poisons, 231, 322 et seq.

Ante-mortem injuries, 79

Anthropometry, 24;

Commission on, 133

Antibodies, in blood tests, 105

Antidotes, in poisoning, 243

Antifebrin, 363

Antigen, in blood tests, 105

Antimony, 229, 234, 264 et seq., 280, 282, 292 et seq.

Antiserum, in blood tests, 105, 106

Apes, in blood testing, 105, 107

Aphasia, 73, 226

Apnœa, 118, 121, 126, 128

Apomorphine, 243, 257, 300, 345

Apoplexy, 40, 73, 118, 121, 126, 136, 236, 241, 347, 397

Arborescent marks, 137

Areola, of nipple, 152, 156

Arterio-sclerosis, 307

Arthritis, in lead poisoning, 307

Asphyxia, 38, 39, 110, 121 et seq., 136, 139, 369,

375, 380, 397, 402

Assaults, 27, 68, 80;

Law cases of, R. v. Rosinski, 68;

R. v. Case, 68

Assize Courts, 5

Atelectasis pulmonum, 169

Atheroma, as cause of death, 73

Atrophy, acute yellow, of liver and phosphorus poisoning, 268

Atropine, 229, 244, 348, 349, 372

Auscultation, in pregnancy, 151

Aveling, Dr., on delivery, 157

Bacillus enteritidis, 329, 330;

botulinus, 329, 330;

typhosus, 328

Bacterial poisons, 323, 328 et seq.

Bail, 4

Bailie, Justice, on medical evidence, 19

Ballottement, in pregnancy, 154

Banti‘s disease, and X-rays, 114

Barristers, 5

Baryta and barium salts, 234, 244, 248, 313, 315

Battery, 68

Beatson, on burns, 114

Becker, on blood-stains, 92

Beer and arsenic, 290;

and strychnine, 337

Belladonna, 229, 231 et seq., 349-351

Bentley, on fungi, 359

Benzene and benzole, and alkaloids, 337, 338, 402

Bernard, on CO₂, 397

Bertillon‘s method, 24

Berzelius, on CO₂, 397

Beverley case, 193

Bigelow, on wounds, 74

Bile, in poisoning, 233

Bilroth, on carbolic acid, 256

Biological tests, for blood, 105;

semen, 146

Birds, blood corpuscles, 96, 99

Birth—certificates, 12;

marks, 23;

precipitate, 177;

premature, 186

Bismuth, 314

Blackening, in wounds, 78, 87

Blackstone, on infanticide, 167;

on inheritance, 184

Bladder and putrefaction, 54;

in new born, 169;

in P.-M. exam., 62, 169

Blandy case, 240

Blisters, in burns, 112;

in infanticide, 167

Blizzard (Sir W.), on evidence, 20

Blondlot, on phosphorus, 269

Blood, corpuscles, 97 et seq.;

crystals, 96-102;

cysts, 73;

films, 94;

in burning, 112;

cold, 135, 136;

drowning, 130;

heat-stroke, 137;

mammalian, 96, 105;

menstrual, 96;

P.-M., 62;

poisoning, 232, 247, 256, 267, 271, 319,

327, 355, 360, 362, 399, 401;

rape, 142, 143;

suffocation, 199;

stains, 79, 80, 89et seq., 145;

vessels, 54, 81, 232

Bloxam, on arsenic, 284;

test, 393

Blue line, in lead poisoning, 307

Blyth, on poisons, 227;

tests, 350, 396

Board of Trade and electricity, 138

Body viewing, 4

Bones, epiphyses, 33, 34;

fractures, 56;

ossification, 33, 34;

poisoning, 238, 268, 271

Bonnewyn, on mercury poisoning, 304

Books, use of, in Court, 19

Borax, 91, 92

Bouchard, on leucomaines, 327

Bouchet, on signs of death, 33, 34

Boutmy, on alkaloids, 326

Bouvalat, on sudden death, 42

Bowels (see Intestine)

Brain, 54, 58, 71 et seq.;

in burns, 112;

cold, 130;

drowning, 130;

electricity, 138;

poisoning, 231, 233, 238, 256, 269, 291, 297, 345, 355,

356, 360, 364, 366, 375, 377, 378, 380, 384;

suffocation, 119

Brande and Taylor‘s method, in arsenic, 280, 281

Bravo case, 294

Breasts, in pregnancy, 152

Briand and Chaudé, on wounds, 75

Brieger, on alkaloids, 326

Bright‘s disease, and poisoning, 235, 244

Brodie (Sir B.), on cold, 135

Bromatotoximus, 328 et seq.

Brouardel, on alkaloids, 326

Broughton (Sir T.), on poisoning, 374

Bruce, Justice, on dying declarations, 17

Brucine, 342, 388, 393, 396

Bruises, 115, 144

Brunton, Dr., on brucine, 394

Bryony, 322

Burgess, on opium, 345

Burnett‘s fluid, 165

Burns, 64, 110 et seq.

Cachexia, in poisoning, 299

Cacodylic acid, 290

Cadaveric rigidity (rigor mortis), 46 et seq., 119;

spasm, 48, 78, 80

Cadmium, 281

Calabar bean, 231, 233, 348, 386, 387

Calcium chloride, 260

Callus, provisional, 77

Calomel, 301

Camel, blood corpuscles, 96

Camphor, 349, 352

Canadian partridges and poisoning, 236

Cancer and arsenic, 274

Cancrum oris and mercury, 300

Cannabis Indica, 232

Cantharidis, 229, 231, 234, 322

Caput succedaneum, 180

Carbolic Acid, 229, 231, 234, 254 et seq., 348

Carbon bisulphide, 112, 379;

dioxide, 231, 232, 397;

monoxide, 104, 112, 232, 398

Carunculæ myrtiformes, 148

Caspar, 21, 52, 70, 86, 113, 122, 123, 128, 130, 142,

149, 169, 170, 173, 177, 247, 319, 355

Castlehaven, Earl of, and rape, 140

Castor-oil, 321

Catalepsy, and rigor mortis, 48

Cat‘s bile, in blood testing, 98

Caustic salts, 231;

soda, 231, 262;

potash, 262

Cave, Justice, on dying declarations, 16, 17

Cell, Sorby‘s, 105

Central Criminal Court, 10

Cerebral concussion, 72, 356;

compression, 72;

poisons, 231, 377 et seq.

Certificates of birth, &c., 11 et seq.;

exemption, 191;

lunacy, 206 et seq.

Cervix uteri, 153

Cessation of circulation and respiration, 43

Chalk, in poisoning, 244, 247

Chancery Court, 224

Chancre, soft, 143

Chantrelle, on coal gas, 401

Charcoal, in poisoning by CO₂, 121

Charpentier, on abortion, 162

Chastity, offences against, 140 et seq.

Chemical exam., 98;

poisons, 231, 246

Cherry-laurel, 374

Chest, in infanticide, 168;

new born, 168;

P.-M. exam., 59

Chevers, on suffocation, 122

Cheyne-Stokes breathing, 41, 136

Children, weight and height of, 134

Chlorine, 232, 372, 403

Chloroform, 230, 232, 239, 244, 337, 348, 378, 393

Cholera, simulating poisoning, 241

Chossat‘s experiments, 132

Christison (Sir R.), 12, 112, 116, 118, 238, 240, 258,

275, 278, 305, 343, 344, 386

Chromium, 316

Churchill, on suffocation, 186

Cicatrices of wounds, 21 et seq.

Cinnabar, 301

Circulation in poisoning, 255, 271, 291, 297, 309, 310

Cisterns, in lead poisoning, 305, 306

Citation of witnesses, 8 et seq.

Civil rights in lunacy, 224

Climate, in putrefaction, 50

Clothes, cuts in, 71, 80;

in burning, 111;

stains on, 89, 91

Coagulation of blood, 78, 89, 112

Coal gas poisoning, 232, 400;

coal-tar, 254

Cobalt, in hydrocyanic acid, 373

Coca, 229, 230;

cocaine, 357, 358

Cocculus Indicus, 232, 354, 358

Cockburn, Lord, on poisons, 228

Code Napoleon, 185

Coke, Lord, on murder, 69;

on live birth, 167;

on inheritance, 184

Colchicum, 231, 234, 318

Cold, death from, 135, 136;

P.-M. appearances in, 135

Coleridge, Lord, on poisons, 228

Colic, in poisoning, 241, 242, 305, 306, 317

Collapse, in poisoning, 258, 268, 330, 333

Colostrum, in delivery, 156

Colour, in putrefaction, 51, 52

Coma, 39, 40, 135, 137;

in poisoning, 268, 276, 290, 310, 327, 333, 343,

349, 351, 354, 360, 377, 382, 399

Combustion gases, 401;

spontaneous, 113

Comminuted fractures, 74

Commissioners in lunacy, 208, 210, 213, 220, 221, 224

Committee of estate in lunacy, 220, 221, 224

Complications, in injuries, 81

Compression, cerebral, 40, 72

Concealment of birth and pregnancy, 166, 183

Concussion, cerebral, 72, 356

Confectionery and arsenic, 287, 290, 306

Congenital deformities, 23;

disease, 178

Conium, 231, 234, 385, 386;

conine, 385

Conolly, on mania, 200

Constitutional peculiarity, 51

Contre-coup in fracture of skull, 74

Contusions, 60, 61, 74, 84, 115

Convulsions, in poisoning, 268, 276, 293, 310, 327, 332, 343,

349, 351, 354, 360, 377, 382, 399

Cooling of body, 30, 45

Cooper (Sir A.), on gunshot wounds, 87

Copper, sulphate, 243, 280, 290, 300, 331, 332;

subacetate, 310 et seq.

Cord, marks of, 123, 176;

spinal, injuries of, 74

Cornier, Henrietta, case, 203

Coroners, 2;

Act, 2-4;

Court, 2 et seq.;

jury, 3

Corpus luteum, in abortion, 164

Corpuscles (see Blood), 97 et seq.

Corrosive poisons, 110, 112, 231, 234, 244, 246, 275;

sublimate, 229, 232, 341

Cotton fibres, 93

County Council, 2

Court of Criminal Appeal, 5;

Probate, 10;

Session, 10, 224

Cramps, in poisoning, 276, 293, 311, 401

Creosote, 254

Crepitation, in fracture, 71;

in lung, 170, 172

Cretinism, 197

Criminal abortion (see Abortion);

procedure, 2 et seq.

Cross-examination, 4, 5

Croton oil, 318

Crown Office instructions, 7, 56 et seq.

Crying, in infanticide, 167

Cryptorchids, 187

Crystals, antimony, 292, 293;

arsenic, 282, 283;

blood, 96;

brucine, 395;

hæmin, 101, 102;

hæmoglobin, 96, 98;

meconic acid, 340;

mercury, 298;

morphine, 339;

seminal, 146;

strychnine, 389, 392;

Teichmann‘s, 101

Culpable homicide, 68

Cunningham, on electricity, 138, 139

Curator bonis, in lunacy, 225

“Cut the Bill”, 5

Cutis anserina, 128, 129, 355

Cyanide of mercury, 301;

potassium, 229, 373

Cyanosis, 122, 361, 378, 401

Darling, Justice, on dying declarations, 17

Daturine, 349, 352

Day‘s test (blood), 100

Death, 43 et seq.;

certificate of, 2;

from bruises, 116;

burns, 111;

suffocation, 108;

wounds, 80;

fœtus, 174;

sudden, 42

Deformities, 21, 24

Deeming case, 203

Degrees of burns, 110

Deliriant poisons, 231, 249 et seq.

Delirium, 136, 205, 235, 320, 321, 330,

344, 349, 355, 366, 375, 380

Delivery, 64, 65, 155 et seq., 175

Delpach, on cicatrices, 23

Delusions in lunacy, 193, 196, 199, 200

Dementia in lunacy, 204, 205

Depositions, 18

De Quincey, on opium, 344

Deutsch, on blood, 105

Development of embryo, 35, 36

Devergie, on scars, 22;

on hair-dyeing, 26;

on putrefaction, 30, 128;

on rape, 144

Diabetes, sudden death, 41;

starvation, 132

Diachylon, in abortion, 161

Diagnosis of insensibility, 39

Diaphragm in new born, 168;

in putrefaction, 54

Diarrhœa, 277, 300, 325, 330, 333, 367, 374, 378

Dichroism of blood, 100

Diday, on chancre, 143

Diethylarzine, 288

Diethyl-barbituric acid, 230

Digitalis, 230, 232, 364 et seq.;

Digitaline, 365

Dinitrobenzene, 361

Discharge of lunatics, 221

Dissection, P.-M., 58;

instruments, 56

Dobie, on antimony, 293

Docimasia pulmonum hydrostatica, 170;

pulmonaris, 173;

circulationis, 182

Doe, Justice, on insanity, 195

Donné, M., on rape, 144

Donovan‘s solution, 287

Dowzard‘s apparatus, 270, 285

Dragendorff‘s method (alkaloids), 337

Dropsy, 155, 355

Drop-wrist, 307

Drowning, 63, 127 et seq., 171, 176

Drunkenness, 72, 114, 135, 226, 235

Duboisine, 349

Ductus arteriosus and venosus, 182

Duncan, Mathews, on pregnancy, 153;

on superfœtation, 186

Dupuytren, M., on cicatrices, 23;

on fractures, 77, 87;

on burns, 111

Durrant, Dr., on veronal, 384

Dussant‘s method, 269

Duties of medical men, 79

Dyed fabrics, 91

Dyeing, of hair, 26;

and arsenic, 274

Dyer, Dr., on suffocation, 122;

mixture, 265

Dyes, in blood-stains, 108

Dying, declarations, 11, 16 et seq.;

Law cases: Fagent, 17;

Forester, 17;

Holloway, 18;

Mitchell, 17;

Smith, 17;

Whitmarsh, 17;

modes of, 38 et seq.

Dysentery, in poisoning, 235

Dysmenorrhœa, 188

Dyspnœa, 327, 375, 382, 403

Earth, poisoning, 279;

putrefaction, 55

Ecchymosis, 44, 63, 71, 115, 119, 122, 125, 137, 171, 176

Ectopion, vesicæ, 188

Elaterium, 231, 322

Eldon, Lord, on insanity, 192

Electricity, 110, 136 et seq.

Elimination of poisons, 295, 327, 355

Elsässer, on inflation, 172, 176

Elwell, on wounds, 70

Embryo, 35, 36

Emetic tartar, 229, 243

Emetics, in poisoning, 243, 257, 270, 286,

289-300, 345, 365, 367

Emmenagogues, 163

Emphysema neonatorum, 171, 172

Enamel, as poison, 266

Enteritis, 241, 293

Enzemes, in poisoning, 329

Epilepsy, 41, 242, 327, 394

Epiphyses, 33;

table of, 34, 37

Epispadias, 188

Ergot, 229, 232, 319, 328

Erichson, on fracture, 77

Erlenmeyer‘s flask, 283

Erotomania, 203

Eruption of teeth, 33

Erysipelas, 70

Erythema, frost, 135

Eserine, 387

Esquirol, M., on insanity, 196, 197, 201, 203, 204

Ether, 232, 377, 402

Eversion of wounds, 86

Evidence, in Court, 4 et seq.;

of poisoning, 235 et seq.

Examination, in abortion, 162, 163;

Court, 4 et seq.;

insanity, 225;

malingering, 190;

rape, 143, 148;

blood-stains, 89 et seq.;

P.-M., 56 et seq.;

stomach contents, 244

Excitomotory poisons, 388 et seq.

Exemption certificates, 191

Exhumation, 3, 4, 56, 66;

period of, 66

Expenses, Court, 8

Exposure, in infanticide, 178

Extraction of alkaloids, 325, 335 et seq.

Eyes, in drowning, 128;

hanging, 122;

identity, 25;

poisoning, 276, 291, 325, 343, 346, 348, 377, 385, 390;

starvation, 132

Face, in drowning, 127;

P.-M. exam., 63;

suffocation, 119;

in poisoning, 276;

wounds of, 74

Facts, in lunacy certificates, 209, 210

Falls, in fœticide, 177

Farnum, Dr., on rape, 146

Fat, in poisoning, 238

Fauvre, M., on asphyxia, 130

Feeble-mindedness, 198, 225

Fees, medical, 8-10

Feet, in drowning, 129

Feigned diseases, 190

Ferric chloride test (Hcy. acid), 371

Ferrier, Dr., on carbolic acid, 256

Ferrocyanide of potassium, 312, 313

Finger prints, 24, 25;

marks, 125;

nails, 124

Finny, Dr., on opium, 345

Firearm wounds, 78

Fishes, blood corpuscles, 96, 99, 100

Flaccidity, 49

Flannagan case, 278, 279

Flattening of muscles, in death, 45

Flaudin, M., on arsenic, 274

Flax fibres, 91

Fleitmann‘s test (arsenic), 286

Florence‘s reaction (semen), 146

Fluorescin test (death), 44

Fœticide, 159 et seq.;

fœtal heart, 15, 154

Fœtus, 161, 166, 174, 185;

size of, 37

Fontanelles, 33

Food poisoning, 62, 290, 306, 328 et seq.

Fool‘s parsley, 321

Foot-prints, 25, 26, 79

Foramen ovale, 182

Foreign bodies in trachea, 42, 61, 175

Forms of subpœna, 8, 9

Fowler‘s solution of arsenic, 286

Fractures, 74, 76, 77, 120, 129, 176

France, and CO₂ suicide, 121

Fraser, on cacodylates, 290

Friction, in burning, 110

Friedenthal, on blood tests, 105

Frohde‘s reagent (morphine), 341

Fruit-stains, 108

Fungi poisoning, 359

Fusel-oil, 362

Galabin, on superfœtation, 187

Gallard, on abortion, 162

Galvanic test (strych.), 392

Gamboge, 231, 320

Gamgee, on blood tests, 98

Gangrene in poisoning, 301, 320

Ganttner‘s test (blood), 92

Gases, irrespirable, 232, 397

Gastric inflammation, 241, 268, 277, 352, 374, 401;

ulcers, 274

Gay-Lussac, on hydrocyanic acid, 368

General paralysis, 204

Genital organs, 76, 130, 156

Geoghehan, on poisons, 238

Georget, M., on insanity, 195, 201

Gerrard‘s test (belladonna), 350

Gestation, 76

Glaister, Prof., on blood-stains, 96, 97, 100

Glass as vulnerant poison, 231, 265

Gloucester, Countess of, 186

Goadly, on lead poisoning, 309

Goeldner‘s test (cocaine), 357

Gonorrhœa, in rape, 142

Goulard‘s extract, 305

Grand Jury, 5

Gross, Prof., on lung inflation, 172

Grünbaum, on blood tests, 105, 107

Guaiacum test (blood), 100

Gull (Sir W.), on combustibility, 114

Gullet, 59, 247, 263, 278, 294, 301, 330

Gums, in lead poisoning, 307;

copper, 311

Gunshot wounds, 80, 85

Guttman, on caustic soda, 263

Gutzeit‘s test, 270, 285

Guy, on poisons, 231

Habit, in poisoning, 235

Habitual drunkards, 226

Hæmatin, 90, 103, 104, 360

Hæmatoporphyrin, 382

Hæmin, crystals, 101, 102, 256;

test, 92

Hæmoglobin, 91, 96, 98, 102, 103, 135, 315, 399, 403

Hæmorrhage, 38, 42, 73, 75, 80-84, 139, 143, 178, 268,

307, 320, 327, 330-332, 343, 353, 402

Hair, dyeing of, 26

Hale, on rape, 140

Hallucinations, 199, 200

Hamilton, on carbolic acid, 255

Hands, in drowning, 129

Hanging, 63, 117, 121 et seq.;

accidental, 123;

homicidal, 123;

judicial, 126;

suicidal, 123, 124

Haslam, on evidence, 20

Hawkins, on secrecy, 20;

poisons, 228

Head, in new born, 180;

injuries of, 40, 72 et seq.;

P.-M. exam. of, 58

Heart, disease, 42, 81;

drowning, 129, 130;

electricity, 139;

fœtal, 151, 154;

infanticide, 167;

poisoning, 231, 232, 256, 258, 263, 291, 325, 327, 355,

364, 366, 368, 377, 380, 382, 386, 397, 402;

P.-M. Exam., 60;

putrefaction, 54

Heat, death by, 136;

exhaustion, 136, 137;

prostration, 137;

stroke, 136

Hegar‘s sign, in pregnancy, 153

Hellebore, 320

Hemiplegia, 73

Hemlock, 385

Hernia, 75, 242

Hewett, on head injury, 73

Higgins‘ case, 278

High Court of Justiciary, 6

Hildebrandt, on leucomaines, 327

Hippocrates, on pregnancy, 152

Hoppé, Seyler, on carbolic acid, 256

Hume, on rape, 140

Husband, 73, 157, 175, 227

Husman, on antimony, 293

Hutchinson, on suffocation, 122

Hutin, on tattoo marks, 23

Hydrochloric acid, 252 et seq.

Hydrocyanic acid, 229, 231, 232, 239, 261, 367 et seq.;

Hydrogen peroxide, 90, 92, 101, 372;

sulphide, 233

Hymen, 28, 142, 143, 148, 155, 188

Hyoscyamus, 231, 348, 351;

hyoscyamine, 349;

hyoscine, 349

Hysteria and tetanus, 394

Icard‘s (fluorescin) test, 44

Identity of the dead, 28, 66;

of the living, 21 et seq.;

Law case: Parkman, 28

Idiocy and imbecility, 141, 142, 195, 197, 224

Immaturity, in fœtus, 175

Impotence, 187, 188

Incised wounds, 83

India, and drowning, 128

Indictable Offences Act, 18

Indigo, in arsenic, 275, 315;

sulphate, 254

Infanticide, 64, 133, 165 et seq.;

Infanticide, Law cases in: Colmer, 165;

Enoch, 166;

Hewitt, 165;

Poulton, 166;

Reeves, 166;

Senior, 167;

Turner, 166;

Inflammation, 72, 110, 164;

in poisoning, 234, 237, 278, 300, 360

Inflation of lung, 121, 172;

and P.-M. staining, 45

Inheritance, 184, 185

Inorganic poisons, 231

Insanity, 129 et seq.;

circular, 204;

classification, 197;

continuous, 196;

definition of, 192, 193;

delirium in, 205;

delusions in, 193, 196, 199, 200;

hallucinations, 200;

drunkenness in, 205;

moral, 194;

procedure in, 206-222

Insanity, Law cases in: Arnold, 193, 194;

Beverley, 193;

Ferrers, 194;

Hill, 224;

Nottidge v. Ripley, 222;

Offord, 194;

Shaw, 195;

Treadway, 195;

Wilkins, 223

Inspection, medical, 7, 56

Instantaneous rigor, 48

Instructions (P.-M.) of Crown Office, 7, 56 et seq.;

Intestines, 54, 61, 176, 181, 232, 259, 275, 279, 291, 294, 297,

300, 306, 311, 325, 327, 330, 333, 360, 369, 375

Intoxication, 72, 114, 135, 226, 235

Intussusception, 241

Iodide of potassium, 272 et seq., 393

Iodine, 231, 271, 335, 371;

test for hydrocyanic acid, 371

Ipecacuanha, 243

Iron in arsenic poisoning, 289, 313;

in testing hydrocyanic acid, 371;

in morphine, 341;

muriate, 313;

sulphate, 313;

stains, 96, 108

Irrespirable gases, 121, 397

Irritant poisons, 231, 234, 240, 267, 317

Jacquemier‘s test (pregnancy), 154

Jalap, 321

Jaundice, 268, 311, 315, 319, 355, 378, 401

Jörg, M., on infanticide, 169

Judicial authority, 207, 215, 220;

factor, 224

Jury, coroner‘s, 3

Justiciary Court, 6

Justifiable homicide, 69

Keiller, on suffocation, 120

Kellen, on trichiniasis, 333

Kidney, in new born, 169;

poisoning, 233, 238, 256, 269, 278, 291, 297, 300,

319, 322, 327, 355, 378, 382, 383;

P.-M. exam., 62;

putrefaction, 54;

rupture of, 45, 75, 116;

in suffocation, 119

Kiesteine, on pregnancy, 154

Kingston, Duchess of, case, 20

Kleptomania, 202

Kopf, on phosphorus, 267

Körber, on fractures, 74

Kratter, on electricity, 139

Kundrat‘s test (aconite), 376

Labour and fœtal death, 176

Laburnum, 321

Lacerated wounds, 84

Lamson case, 239, 375

Landolt, on carbolic acid, 256

Larcher, on signs of death, 44

Larynx, in hanging, 120, 122;

poisoning, 262;

P.-M. exam., 59, 63;

strangling, 124;

throttling, 125

Law cases in—abortion (crim.), Goodhall, 159:

assault, Case, 68;

Rosinski, 68:

dying declarations, Fagent, 17;

Forester, 17;

Holloway, 18;

Mitchell, 17;

Smith, 17;

Whitmarsh, 17:

identity, Parkman, 28:

infanticide, Colmer, 165;

Enoch, 166;

Hewitt, 165;

Poulton, 166;

Reeves, 166;

Senior, 167;

Turner, 166:

insanity, Arnold, 193;

Beverley, 193;

Ferrers, 194;

Hill, 224;

MacNaughton, 193;

Nottidge v. Ripley, 122;

Offord, 194;

Shaw, 195;

Treadaway, 195;

Wilkins, 223:

malpraxis, Butchell, 190;

Williamson, 190:

medical evidence, Patmore, 19:

murder, Cornier, 203;

Deeming, 203:

poisoning, Blandy, 240;

Cramp, 228;

Flannigan, 278;

Garner, 240;

Geering, 240;

Helson, 240;

Higgins, 278;

Lamson, 239;

M‘Cracken, 278;

Marsh, 294;

Maybrick, 277;

Newton, 278;

Palmer, 238, 390, 392;

Port, 274;

Pritchard, 19;

Spink, 294;

Wooler, 240;

pregnancy, Gloucester, 186;

professional secrecy, Kingston, 20;

rape, Barrett, 141;

Castlehaven, 140;

Cockcroft, 140;

Fletcher, 141;

Groombridge, 142;

Hattery, 141;

Hodgson, 140;

Holmes, 140;

Mayers, 141;

Pressy, 141;

Russen, 140;

somnambulism, Milligan, 206;

survivorship, Underwood v. Wing, 189;

will case, Tichborne, 23;

wounds, Briggs, 69;

M‘Laughlin, 69;

Warman, 69

Lead, 260, 304, 305 et seq.

Leather, and blood stains, 93

Leblond, M., on abortion, 162

Legal criminal procedure, 2et seq.

Legitimacy, 185

Leishman‘s stain, 95, 146

Lemons, oil of, 260

Letheby, on poisons, 229

Leucomaines, 323, 326, 327

Levinstein, on chloral, 380

Levy, M., on copper, 311

Liability of medical men, 12, 20, 148, 222

Liebig‘s test (hydrocyanic acid), 371

Liebreich, on neurine, 324

Ligature, in infanticide, 65

Lightning, death by, 110, 137, 138

Lime, in putrefaction, 55

Lineæ albicantes, 31

Linen, in rape, 144

Littlejohn, on use of books, 19

Live birth, in infanticide, 166 et seq.

Liver, in poisoning, 238, 256, 268-271, 278, 280, 291, 297,

310, 319, 327, 355, 365, 378, 383;

P.-M. exam, of, 62;

putrefaction, 54;

rupture of, 116

Livingstone, Dr. David, 28, 66

Lochia, in pregnancy, 156

Locomotor ataxia, 76

Lolium temulentum, 359

Lord-Advocate, 6

Lucid intervals, in insanity, 196

Luff, on poisoning, 229, 231

Lunacy, 291 et seq.;

Acts, 206, 207, 223;

certificates, 206 et seq.

Lungs in drowning, 130;

new born, 169, 174;

poisoning, 23, 233, 238, 256, 327, 345, 355, 365, 377, 378;

P.-M. exam, of, 63, 65;

putrefaction, 54

Lush, on rape, 141

Lustre of eye, in death, 43

MacCormac, on gunshot wounds, 87

Macdonald, criminal law, 18, 194

Mackenzie, Dr. C., on saponification, 53

Maclagan, Prof., on poisons, 231

MacNaughton case, 193

M‘Weeney, on blood tests, 107

Magnesium method (lead), 309

Magnus test (death), 43

Malignant disease, 132

Malpraxis, 82, 189;

law cases of, R. v. Van Butchell, 190;

R. v. Williamson, 190

Malum regimen, 82

Mammæ, in pregnancy, 152

Mammalian blood, 96, 105

Mania, 200 et seq., 235;

in poisoning, 379, 380, 402

Mann, Dixon, on combustibility, 114;

on lead poisoning, 308, 309;

on meat poisoning, 330

Mansfield, on prof. secrecy, 20

Manslaughter, 69

Marks of the cord, 123, 176

Marsh‘s test, 269, 280-84, 289, 296

Martin, on poisoning, 240

Matrons, jury of, 151

Maturity, of infant, 66, 174

Maudsley, on insanity, 193, 194, 195

Mauser bullet, 87

Maybrick case, 277

Mayer‘s reagent (alkaloids), 335

Measurement of fœtus, 36

Meat poisoning, 328

Meconic acid, 339-43

Meconium, 64, 179

Medical certificates, 11, 208et seq.;

evidence, 11 et seq.;

liabilities, 12, 20, 148, 222;

report, 12

Medicines, in abortion, 171

Melancholia, 203, 204, 380

Meningitis, 110

Menopause, 189

Menorrhagia, 188

Menstruation, 152, 161, 189;

blood in, 96

Mental unsoundness, 192 et seq.

Mercury, 230, 231, 235, 298 et seq.;

salts of, 302 et seq.

Mesentery, in putrefaction, 54

Metal, stains on, 92

Metallic poisons, 231, 245, 331

Metalloid poisons, 231, 267

Metchnikoff, on blood stains, 105, 106

Methæmoglobin, 102, 103

Metzer‘s test (cocaine), 358

Meyer, on pregnancy, 150, 154

Micro-organisms, 50

Microscope, 90, 94, 95, 145

Milk, human, 106, 177;

poisoning, 233, 333

Millar, Dr., on lunacy, 208, 209

Milne, Dr., on pregnancy, 187

Mineral acids, 246;

poisons, 231

Minute of P.-M. exam., 14

Miscarriage, 160

Mitscherlich‘s process (phosph.), 269

Modes of dying, 38 et seq.

Modifying causes of poisoning, 234

Moisture, in putrefaction, 50

Molecular death, 43

Moles, in abortion, 162

Moncrieff, on insanity, 195

Monomania, 194, 201, 203

Monorchids, 187

Monsters, 184

Moral depravity, 194;

evidence, 239, 240;

mania, 194, 198, 201, 202

Morgan, Dr., on pulse tracings, 126

Morning sickness, in pregnancy, 152

Morphine, 244, 337, 339, 341-43

Mortal wounds, 70

Mosso, on leucomaines, 327

Mouth, in poisoning, 247, 259, 263, 278, 291, 293, 297,

299, 307, 311, 322, 330, 369, 375;

starvation, 132;

suffocation, 119

Mucous membrane, in poisoning, 233

Mummification, 53;

of cord, 182

Murder, 68, 69;

law cases: Cornier, 203;

Deeming, 203

Murrell, on cacodylates, 290

Muscles, in poisoning, 238, 310, 327, 390, 399

Muscular spasm, 47

Mushrooms, table of, 359

Mydaleine, 325

Mydriatic alkaloids, 349

Mytilotoxine, 332

Nævi materni, 21, 28

Naphtha, 402

Napoleon Code, 185

Narcotic poisons, 40, 72, 231, 242, 276, 343 et seq.;

Nausea, in poisoning, 277, 293, 299, 330-33, 349,

360, 364, 374, 399

Navel, in infanticide, 64

Necrosis of jaw, 268

Needles, as vulnerant, 231, 265

Neglect of duty, 189

Neill, on gunshot wounds, 86

Nelaton, on chloroform, 378

Nervous system, in poisoning, 255, 263, 271, 276, 277, 286, 288,

297, 307, 310, 326, 349, 351, 376,

377-386, 399, 402

Nessler‘s reagent (ammonia), 264

Neural poisons, 231, 385 et seq.

Neurine, 324

Neuritis, optic, 307;

peripheral, 277, 402

Nicotine, 365

Nipples, in pregnancy, 156

Nitric acid, 250 et seq.

Nitrobenzene, 360, 361

Nitrogen monoxide, 402

Nitro-glycerine, 363

Normal saline solution, 90, 94, 106

Nose, in arsenic, 391

Notes, use of, 19

Notification of births, &c., 12

Nottidge v. Ripley (lunacy), 222

“Noxious thing”, 228

Numbness, in poisoning, 375, 401

Nunneley, on hydrocyanic acid, 370

Nuttall, on blood tests, 105

Nux vomica, 229, 388

Nymphomania, 203

Occupation marks, 29, 30

Œnanthe crocata, 352

Ogston, Prof., 72, 101, 114, 128, 130, 135

Oil of bitter almonds, 62, 373, 374;

lemons, 260

Omentum, in putrefaction, 54

Omission, in infanticide, 178

“On soul and conscience”, 7, 11

Opinion, reasoned, 13, 14;

written, 12

Opisthotonus in poisoning, 369, 390, 394

Opium, 41, 62, 229, 231, 235, 343 et seq., 356

Oral evidence, 18

Order, coroner‘s, 4;

lunacy, 207, 210-13, 215-20

Orfila, on vesication, 112;

on mercury, 301;

opium, 344

Organic poisons, 231

Organs, order of putrefaction, 52 et seq.

Orpiment, 288

Ossification, 34, 64, 65, 174, 177

Otto‘s method (alkaloids), 337, 338

Oxalic acid, 229, 257 et seq.

Oxygen, in poisoning, 398, 400, 402

Oxyhæmoglobin, 103

Pacini‘s solution (blood stains), 90

Paint stains, 108

Painter‘s colic, 305

Palmer case, 238, 390, 392

Pancreas, in putrefaction, 54

Paralysis, 72, 137, 138, 202, 204, 276, 306, 310,

330-33, 344, 351, 355, 378, 380, 382, 387

Parkman case, 28

Parol evidence, 18

Paterson, on ammonia, 264;

arsenic, 278

Patmore case, 19

Pauper lunatics, 220-22

Pavy, on mercury, 301

Penalties, 36, 11

Pencillium brevicaule, 288

Penetration, in rape, 140

Penis, absence of, 187;

erection of, 122, 128;

P.-M. exam. of, 63;

retraction of, 128, 130

Penny, on arsenic, 275

Perforation, in poisoning, 237, 242, 259, 278, 300, 333

Peritonitis, 110, 242

Peroxide of hydrogen, 92, 93, 101

Petition, in lunacy, 207, 210-13

Petty jury, 5

Peyer‘s patches, 327, 330, 331

Pharmacy Act, 228

Phenacetin, 363

Phenazonum, 363

Phenol, phenic acid, 254

Phlyctænæ, in putrefaction, 113

Phosphomobylic acid, 335

Phosphoretted hydrogen, 403

Phosphorus, 231, 239, 243, 267 et seq.;

Phosphotungstic acid, 335

Physiological test (strych.), 392

Physostigmine, 244

Picrotoxin, 229, 234, 358

Pinel, on mania, 201

Placenta, in infanticide, 178;

souffle, 151, 154

Plaster, stains on, 92

Plouquet‘s test (lung), 174

Pneumonia, in poisoning, 299

Poisoning—law cases: Blandy, 240;

Cramp, 228;

Flannigan, 278;

Garner, 240;

Geering, 240;

Helson, 240;

Higgins, 278;

Lamson, 239;

M‘Cracken, 278;

Marsh, 294;

Maybrick, 277;

Newton, 278;

Palmer, 238, 390, 392;

Port, 274;

Pritchard, 19;

Spink, 294;

Smith, 275;

Wooler, 240

Poisons and poisoning, 51, 61, 62, 176, 227 et seq.;

Acts, 228, 229;

action, 232, 234;

administration, 228;

chemical analysis, 237;

classification, 230 et seq.;

definition, 227;

diagnosis, 235;

evidence, 235 et seq.;

experiments, 239;

modifying causes, 234;

P.-M. appearance, 236;

sale of, 228;

schedules, 229, 230;

symptoms, 235

Polypus, in abortion, 163

Poppies, 230

Possessio fratris and patris, 184

Post-mortem examination, 3, 4, 7, 10, 45, 56 et seq.;

Potash, caustic, 262, 263

Potassium salts, 314, 315, 325, 393

Precipitate, red and white, 230

Precipitins, in blood tests, 105

Precognitions, 6

Pregnancy, 67, 76, 150 et seq.;

Diagnosis of, 155;

duration of, 185;

in poisoning, 229 et seq.;

in rape, 147;

signs of, 151-54

Premature birth, 186

Preyer, on blood crystals, 96

Primary flaccidity, 45, 49

Pritchard case, 19

Pritchard, on insanity, 195, 201, 203, 205

Private patient, in lunacy, 210-13, 215-17, 220

Procurator-fiscal, 6

Professional privilege and secrecy, 20, 21

Prosecution, 4

Prosecutor, public, 4, 6

Prussian blue test (hydrocyanic), 371

Prussic acid, 62, 122, 239. (See Hydrocyanic Acid.)

Ptomaines, 231, 232, 323-26, 365, 385

Ptomatropine, 332

Puberty, 188

Pugilistic attitude, in burning, 111

Pulse tracings (in hanging), 126

Punctured wounds, 74

Pupils, in brain injury, 72;

poisoning, 233, 234, 330, 343, 348-52, 364-68,

377, 378, 380, 384, 386, 399, 402

Purging, in poisoning, 242, 258, 263, 268, 276, 311, 313, 320,

330-33, 344, 355, 360, 364, 366, 367

Pus, 71, 93, 106, 113, 143

Putrefaction, 49 et seq.;

in drowning, 128, 131;

infanticide, 167, 171, 172;

in poisoning, 269, 278, 294, 323, 330-33

Pyrites and arsenic, 290

Quarter Sessions, 5

Quickening, 151, 153, 186

Rabbit, in blood tests, 105, 106

Rachford, on leucomaines, 327

Rape, 140 et seq.;

age at, 142;

definition of, 140;

in England and Ireland, 141;

examination for, 142;

in Scotland, 141;

signs of, 143, 148

Rape, law cases in: Barrett, 141;

Cockcroft, 140;

Fletcher, 141;

Groombridge, 142;

Hattery, 141;

Hodgson, 140;

Holmes, 140;

Mayers, 141;

Pressy, 141;

Russen, 140

Ray, on insanity, 195, 197, 202, 203

Realgar (red arsenic), 289

Reception order. (See Order.)

Register of death, 2

Regulations of Crown Office, 7, 56

Reinche‘s test, 280, 283, 284, 296, 303, 304

Relaxation (flaccidity), 45, 49

Reptile blood, 96

Respiration, in infanticide, 167 et seq.;

poisoning, 246

Rete mucosum, 23

Reynolds, on combustibility, 114

Richter, Max, on rape, 146

Rigidity, heat, 111

Rigor mortis, 46 et seq., 136-38, 390

Ritter, on arsenic, 290

Rodger and Girdwood‘s method, 338

Roman law, on legitimacy, 186

Roussin‘s solution (blood stains), 91

Roux, M., on gunshot wounds, 86

Rupture of organs, 242

Salicylic acid, 353

Saliva and salivation, 93;

in poisoning, 233, 235, 272, 276, 298, 299,

301, 304, 317, 322, 364;

in pregnancy, 152

Santa, Dr., on arsenic, 277

Saponification, 52, 53

Savin, 229, 231, 317

Scalds, 110 et seq.

Scammony, 321

Scars, in identity, 21

Scheele‘s acid, 368;

green, 287, 288

Scherbler‘s reagent (alkaloids), 335

Scherer‘s test (phos.), 270

Schönbern‘s test (blood), 100

Schweinfurt‘s green, 287

Scopolamine, 349

Scorching, of wounds, 78, 87, 111

Scourging, marks of, 116

Scurvy, and contusions, 115

Secondary flaccidity, 49

Sedative poisons, 232, 364 et seq.

Semen, 106, 122, 140 et seq.

Sepsis and septic poisons, 74, 79, 80, 112, 164, 232, 323, 334

Sex, 31, 51

Sheep wash (arsenic), 275, 287

Shell-fish, poisoning, 332, 380

Shock, 38, 75, 81, 112, 139, 234, 366, 375

Sickness, morning, in pregnancy, 152

Signs of death, 43 et seq., 118, 127;

delivery, 155, 156;

pregnancy, 151 et seq.;

rape, 143, 148, 149

Silk fibres, 92

Silver nitrate, 260, 265, 280, 283, 288, 370;

test (hydrocyanic acid), 371

Skeleton, in identity, 31, 32

Skin, in burning, 111, 112, 115;

drowning, 129;

hanging, 123;

infanticide, 167, 179;

poisoning, 232, 233, 255, 274-77, 286, 288, 291, 293,

297, 306, 310, 330-32, 344, 349, 355, 368,

369, 374, 375-380, 382, 384, 399, 402;

putrefaction, 55;

strangling, 124;

throttling, 125

Skull, fracture of, 32, 176

Sleep, in insanity, 206;

poisoning, 235, 348;

rape, 147

Snake venom, 232-34

Sneezing, in poisoning, 320, 367

Snuff, in poisoning, 366

Smith, Madeline, case, 275

Smokeless powder, 87

Smothering, 63

Soda, caustic, 262, 263

Sodium theosulphate, 373

Solanine, 352

Solicitors, 5

Somatic death, 42

Somnambulism, 206

Somniferous poisons, 231, 343

Somnolentia, or sleep-drunkenness, 206;

law case: R. v. Milligan, 206

Sonnenschein‘s reagent, 335

Soot and arsenic, 275

Sorby, on blood stains, 93;

cell, 105

Souffle, placental, 151, 154;

uterine, 43, 151, 154

Spasms, in poisoning, 293, 320, 325, 344, 366

Spectra and spectroscope, 102, 103, 112, 136;

in poisoning, 234, 320, 360, 362, 382, 399

Spinal cord, 59, 74, 231

Spink case, 294

Spleen, 54, 62, 238, 278, 305, 330, 378

Spontaneous combustion, 113

Spermatozoa, 95, 144-47, 187

Squill, 231

Stains, acid, 249, 251-54;

blood, 79, 89 et seq., 145;

metallic, 108, 282;

seminal, 145, 146;

vegetable, &c., 108

Starch granules, 125, 179

Starvation, 132 et seq., 178, 243

Stas‘s process, 319, 335, 337, 350, 365, 376

Stature, in identity, 31

Steam, scalding by, 110

Stephen, Lord, on insanity, 223

Sterility, in female, 188; male, 187

Stertorous breathing, 368, 377, 397

Stevenson, on poisoning, 294, 332, 338

Stokes (Sir W.), on wounds, 87;

fluid, 103, 104

Stomach, in drowning, 127, 131;

infanticide, 168;

poisoning, 232, 233, 237, 242, 246, 256-59, 263, 268, 275,

278-80, 288, 291-95, 299-301, 350, 355, 366,

369, 375-78;

pump, 243, 244, 257, 269, 272, 286, 300, 307, 310,

322, 330-35, 345, 366, 386, 393, 402;

putrefaction, 54;

starvation, 135

Stramonium, 349, 351

Strangling, 63, 124 et seq., 176

Strangury, 322

Strophanthus, 230

Strychnine, 229, 231, 238, 244, 337, 342, 348, 380, 388 et seq., 402

Stupor, in melancholia, 204;

in poisoning, 319, 349, 354, 356, 364, 366, 402

Styrian arsenic eaters, 287

Subpœna, 8

Sudden death, causes of, 42 et seq.

Suffocation, 63, 118 et seq.;

infanticide, 176;

poisoning, 243, 246, 330, 368, 390, 402

Suggillation (see Hypostasis), 45

Suicidal monomania, 203

Sulphonal, 230, 282

Sulphur, test in hcy. acid, 37;

dioxide, 402

Sulphuretted hydrogen, 273, 280, 285, 295, 308, 312, 400

Sulphuric acid, 231, 247 et seq., 261

Summons, Court. (See Citation.)

Sunstroke, 136, 137

Superfœtation, 186

Surgical operations, 81

Survivorship, 133, 189

Symptoms, general, in poisoning, 235

Syncope, 38, 72, 118, 121, 127;

in poisoning, 364, 366, 375

Tables—acids, colour of stains from, 254;

symptoms of poisoning by, 261;

aconite v. horse-radish, 375:

alcohol, brain concussion and opium,

distinctions between, 356:

alkaloids, characters of, 342:

antimony and arsenic, reactions of, 296;

symptoms of, 297:

arsenic, in liver, 238;

precipitates (and of cadmium and tin), 281;

symptoms of, 291:

bruises, date of, 116:

caustic potash, and soda, distinctions between, 263:

children, height and weight of, 134;

maturity of, 174:

corrosive and irritant poisons, distinctions between, 234:

dead body, examination of, 71:

diseases, simulating irritant poisoning, 240-42;

narcotic, 243:

embryo, development of, 35, 36:

epiphyses, union of, 34:

fœtus, death of, 181;

measurements of, 37:

insanity, classification of, 197:

lead, symptoms of, 310:

leucomaines, 326:

lunacy certificates, 208-19:

meconic acid (and morphine), reactions of, 341:

mercuric and mercurous salts, reactions of, 302:

mushrooms, 359:

new born, age of, 180, 181;

respiration in, 170:

ossification, centres of, 34:

osseous nucleus, dimensions of, 37:

poisoning, evidences of, 241:

poisons, actions of, 234;

causes modifying, 234;

classification of, 231;

diffusion of, 233, 234;

schedules of, 229, 230:

pregnancy, signs of, 151:

ptomaines, 323, 324:

putrefaction, order of, 53, 54;

time and indications of, 55, 128:

rape, age in, 142;

examination in, 142;

signs of, 148:

rigor mortis, time and causes of, 49:

suffocation, death from, 121:

teeth, eruption of, 33:

tetanus, diagnosis of, 393:

uterus, size of, 157;

weight of, 157:

wounds, types of, 84, 85:

Tamassia, on veins, 25

Tannic acid and tannin, 93, 365, 393

Tar, oil of, 254

Tarchette, on blood stains, 105, 107

Tardieu, on digitalis, 364;

hanging, 122;

tattoo marks, 23

Tattoo marks, 21, 23

Taylor, 52, 69, 70, 113, 164, 165, 194, 227, 231,

233, 238, 339, 368, 382, 397

Taylor, Bessie, case, 294

Teeth, 25, 33, 246, 259, 268, 299

Telangiectasis, 115

Temperature, body, 30, 45, 50, 132

Tests: acetanilide, 363;

acetic acid, 262;

aconite, 376;

alcohol, 356;

alkaloids, 335 et seq.;

ammonia, 264;

aniline, 362;

antimony, 295et seq.;

arsenic, 280 et seq.;

barium, 315;

belladonna, 350;

blood, 90 et seq.;

biological (blood), 105,

(semen), 146;

brucine, 393, 396;

carbolic acid, 256;

carbon disulphide, 380;

caustic alkalies, 363;

chloral, 381;

chloroform, 379;

chromium, 316;

cocaine, 357;

cocculus indicus, 358;

conine, 386;

copper, 312;

death, 43 et seq.;

digitaline, 365;

eserine, 387;

ether, 378;

hydrochloric acid, 252;

hydrocyanic acid, 370;

iodine, 272;

iron, 314;

lead, 308 et seq.;

lobelia, 367;

lung, 170 et seq.;

meconic acid, 335, 341;

mercury, 302 et seq.;

morphine, 335, 341;

nicotine, 366;

nitric acid, 250;

nitrobenzene, 360;

oxalic acid, 259;

phenacetin and phenazonum, 363;

phosphorus, 269;

potassium salts, 272, 314, 373;

semen, 145;

strychnine, 392;

sulphonal, 383;

sulphuric acid, 248;

veratrine, 367;

veronal, 384;

zinc, 265, 313

Testamentary capacity, 225

Testicles, in drowning, 112;

infanticide, 64

Teichmann‘s blood crystals, 101

Tetanus, 64, 70, 235, 390, 394

Tetronal, 383

Thorpe‘s apparatus, 282

Throat, 59, 132;

and poisoning, 232, 246, 259, 276, 293,

294, 306, 330, 332, 379

Throttling, 117, 125

Tichborne case, 23

Time of death, 30

Tidy, on infanticide, 170;

starvation, 123

Tin, chloride of, 265, 281;

tinned food, 331, 332

Tindall, on malpraxis, 190

Tobacco, 234, 365

Tongue, in drowning, 129;

poisoning, 259, 276, 299;

starvation, 123;

suffocation, 119

Toxalbumoses, 329

Toxicohæmic poisons, 232, 334

Toxicology, 227 et seq.

Toxins, 232, 329

Trachea, in drowning, 130;

poisoning, 247, 402;

putrefaction, 54;

suffocation, 118;

tracheotomy, 244

Traill, on bismuth, 314;

croton oil, 318

Treatment (general) in poisoning, 243, 247

Trichiniasis, 328, 333

Trichomonas vaginæ, 144

Uhlenhuth, on blood tests, 105

Ulceration of bowel, 294

Umbilical cord, 174, 177, 180, 182

Underwood v. Wing (survivorship), 189

United States, and murder, 69

Unsound mind, 192 et seq. (See Insanity.)

Uræmia, 40

Urethane, in strychnine, 393

Urine, in poisoning, 238, 239, 246, 256, 258, 276, 291, 293,

297, 305, 309, 311, 349, 370, 382, 401;

stains, 96, 106

Uterine souffle, 151, 154

Uterus, contraction of, 154;

double, 186;

in abortion, 76, 162, 164;

in burning, 112;

delivery, 156;

impotence and sterility, 188;

poisoning, 242, 319, 322, 377;

pregnancy, 76, 153;

injury to, 76;

P.-M. exam., 62, 65;

putrefaction, 54;

superfœtation, 186;

table of size, 157;

of weight, 157

Vagina, 142, 143, 156, 188

Vaginismus, 188

Vagitis uterinus, 170;

vaginalis, 170

Van Gieson, on heat-stroke, 137

Vapour, arsenical, 286, 301;

tests in hydrocyanic acid, 370, 371

Vaughan on, food poisons, 328, 333

Vegetable alkaloids, 335 et seq.;

poisons, 231, 239, 317;

stains, 108

Venesection, in electricity, 139

Verdicts, 6 et seq.

Vermilion, 301

Vermin-killers and arsenic, 275

Vernix caseosa, 64, 179

Veronal, 383

Vesicules, in burns, 110, 111, 113

Violence, in infanticide, 161, 178

Violet powder and arsenic, 275

Virchow and Zenker, on trichiniasis, 333

Virginity, signs of, 144, 149

Vital poisons, 231, 267;

reaction, 45, 61, 79, 112

Vitalli‘s test (belladonna), 350

Volatile poisons, 244

Vomiting, 241-244, 258, 263, 275, 276, 277, 280, 292, 293,

295, 297, 299, 300, 306-11, 313, 320, 330-33, 360,

361, 364-68, 374, 378, 399

Vulnerant poisons, 231, 266

Wagner‘s method, 337;

reagent, 335

Wall-papers and arsenic, 287

Warmth and putrefaction, 50

Warrant, coroner‘s, 4;

Procurator-Fiscal‘s, 7

Wash, sheep‘s (or dip), and arsenic, 255, 287

Wassermann, on blood tests, 105

Water, gas, 400;

lead in, 305, 306;

and putrefaction, 53-55

Watt, on arsenic, 278

Weed-killers and arsenic, 275

Weight of children, 137;

lungs, 174;

uterus, 157

Wendt, on infanticide, 174

Westbury, Lord, on insanity, 195

Whitehead, on abortion, 160

Wightman, on survivorship, 189

Wills, drawing of, 191

Wills, on dying declarations, 18

Wilson, on note-taking, 19;

lead poisoning, 305

Winslow, Forbes, on insanity, 192;

test of death, 43

Witnesses, 3, 6, 8, 18, 19, 223

Wolffe‘s bottle, 283

Womb, in infanticide, 176

Wood, blood stains on, 91

Wool fibres, 90

Wormley‘s test (belladonna), 350

Wounds, in abortion, 163, 164;

causes of death in, 80, 81;

definition of, 69;

in drowning, 129;

examination of, 60 et seq.;

infanticide, 175et seq.;

varieties of, 70 et seq.

Wounds—law cases: R. v. Briggs, 69;

M‘Laughlin, 69;

Warman, 69

Wredin‘s test (live birth), 174

Writ of Court, 8;

lunacy, 224

Wynne (Sir W.), on insanity, 196

X-rays, 77, 110, 114, 115

Yew, 321

Zinc, chloride, 265;

sulphate, 300, 313, 331

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