Legal Chemistry, by A. Naquet, a Projct Gutenberg eBook

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Author

Naquet, Alfred, 1834-1916

Title

Legal Chemistry A Guide to the Detection of Poisons, Examination of Tea, Stains, Etc., as Applied to Chemical Jurisprudence

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Heike Leichsenring and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine

Subject

Chemistry, Forensic

Category

Text

eBook-No.

44048

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44048

Release Date

October 27, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Legal Chemistry.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.I. METHODS OF DESTRUCTION OF THE ORGANIC SUBSTANCES. — BY MEANS OF NITRIC ACID. — BY MEANS OF SULPHURIC ACID. — BY MEANS OF NITRATE OF POTASSA. — BY MEANS OF POTASSA AND NITRATE OF LIME. — BY MEANS OF POTASSA AND NITRIC ACID. — BY MEANS OF CHLORATE OF POTASSA. — BY MEANS OF CHLORINE. — BY MEANS OF AQUA REGIA. — DIALYSIS.
5. 5.II. DETECTION OF POISONS, THE PRESENCE OF WHICH IS SUSPECTED. — DETECTION OF ARSENIC. — METHOD USED PRIOR TO MARSH'S TEST. — MARSH'S TEST. — RASPAIL'S METHOD. — DETECTION OF ANTIMONY. — APPARATUS PROPOSED BY FLANDIN AND DANGER. — NAQUET'S APPARATUS. — DETECTION OF MERCURY. — SMITHSON'S PILE. — APPARATUS PROPOSED BY FLANDIN AND DANGER. — DETECTION OF PHOSPHORUS. — ORFILA'S METHOD. — MITSCHERLICH'S METHOD. — DUSART'S METHOD, AS MODIFIED BY BLONDLOT. — METHOD PROPOSED BY FRESENIUS AND NEUBAUER. — DETECTION OF PHOSPHORUS BY THE USE OF BISULPHIDE OF CARBON. — DETECTION OF PHOSPHOROUS ACID. — ESTIMATION OF PHOSPHORUS. — DETECTION OF ACIDS. — HYDROCHLORIC ACID. — NITRIC ACID. — SULPHURIC ACID. — PHOSPHORIC ACID. — OXALIC ACID. — ACETIC ACID. — HYDROCYANIC ACID. — ALKALIES AND ALKALINE EARTHS. — DETECTION OF CHLORINE, BROMINE, AND IODINE. — CHLORINE AND BLEACHING CHLORIDES. — BROMINE. — IODINE. — DETECTION OF METALS. — TREATMENT OF RESIDUE A. — TREATMENT OF FILTRATE B. — DETECTION OF ALKALOIDS AND SOME ILL-DEFINED ORGANIC SUBSTANCES. [L] — STAS'S METHOD. — MODIFICATIONS TO STAS'S METHOD, PROPOSED BY OTTO. — MODIFICATIONS TO STAS'S METHOD, PROPOSED BY USLAR AND ERDMAN. — RODGERS AND GIRDWOOD'S METHOD. — PROLLIUS'S METHOD. — GRAHAM AND HOFMAN'S METHOD. — APPLICATION OF DIALYSIS IN THE DETECTION OF ALKALOIDS. — IDENTIFICATION OF THE ALKALOID. — IDENTIFICATION OF DIGITALINE, PICROTOXINE AND COLCHICINE.
6. 6.III. METHODS TO BE EMPLOYED, WHEN NO CLEW TO THE NATURE OF THE POISON PRESENT CAN BE OBTAINED. — INDICATIVE TESTS. — THE SUBSTANCE POSSESSES AN ACID REACTION. — THE SUBSTANCE POSSESSES A NEUTRAL OR AN ALKALINE REACTION. — DETERMINATIVE TESTS.
7. 7.IV. MISCELLANEOUS EXAMINATIONS. — DETERMINATION OF THE NATURE AND COLOR OF THE HAIR AND BEARD. — DETERMINATION OF THE COLOR OF THE HAIR AND BEARD. — DETERMINATION OF THE NATURE OF THE HAIR. — EXAMINATION OF FIRE-ARMS. ( Proposed by M. Boutigny. ) — THE GUN IS PROVIDED WITH A FLINT-LOCK, AND WAS CHARGED WITH ORDINARY POWDER. — THE GUN IS NOT PROVIDED WITH A FLINT LOCK. — DETECTION OF HUMAN REMAINS IN THE ASHES OF A FIRE-PLACE. — EXAMINATION OF WRITINGS. — EXAMINATION OF WRITINGS IN CASES WHERE A SYMPATHETIC INK HAS BEEN USED. — FALSIFICATION OF COINS AND ALLOYS. — EXAMINATION OF ALIMENTARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSTANCES. — FLOUR AND BREAD. — FIXED OILS. — TEA AND ITS ADULTERATION. — MILK. — WINE. — VINEGAR. — SULPHATE OF QUININE. — EXAMINATION OF BLOOD STAINS. — EXAMINATION OF SPERMATIC STAINS.
8. 8.APPENDIX. — BOOKS. — MEMOIRS. — On poisons generally and those not elsewhere classified. — On the destruction of organic matter. — On the detection of Arsenic. — On the detection of Antimony. — On the detection of Mercury. — On the detection of Phosphorus. — On the detection of Prussic Acid. — On the detection of Alkaloids in general. — On Atropine. — On Brucine. — On Morphine. — On Strychnine. — On the detection of Falsifications of Writings. — On the detection of adulterations in Flour and Bread. — On the examination of Fatty Oils. — On the examination of Milk. — On the detection of adulteration in Wine and Beer. — On the testing of Vinegar. — On the detection of adulterations in Sulphate of Quinine. — On the detection of Blood Stains. — On the detection of Spermatic Stains. — MEMOIRS. — Alkaloids. — Arsenic and Antimony. — Mercury, Copper and Lead. — Prussic Acid. — Flour and Bread. — Tea. — Milk. — Wine and Beer. — Vinegar.
9. 9.INDEX.
10. 10.Footnotes

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