Poisons: Their Effects and Detection

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Author

Blyth, Alexander Wynter, 1844-1921

Title

Poisons, Their Effects and Detection A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé 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

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RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine

Subject

Poisons

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eBook-No.

42709

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42709

Release Date

May 13, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION. A MANUAL FOR THE USE OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND EXPERTS.
2. 2.PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.PART I.—INTRODUCTORY. — I.—The Old Poison-Lore. — II.—Growth and Development of the Modern Methods of Chemically Detecting Poisons.
6. 6.PART II. — I.—Definition of Poison. — II.—Classification of Poisons. — A. Poisons causing Death immediately, or in a few minutes. — B. Irritant Poisons (symptoms mainly pain, vomiting, and purging). — C. Irritant and Narcotic Poisons (symptoms those of an irritant nature, with the addition of more or less pronounced cerebral indications). — D. Poisons more especially affecting the Nervous System. — I. POISONS WHICH CAUSE COARSE ANATOMICAL CHANGES OF THE ORGANS. — II. BLOOD POISONS. — III. POISONS WHICH KILL WITHOUT THE PRODUCTION OF COARSE ANATOMICAL CHANGE. — IV. POISONOUS PRODUCTS OF TISSUE CHANGE. — A.—POISONOUS GASES. — B.—ACIDS AND ALKALIES. — C.—POISONOUS SUBSTANCES CAPABLE OF BEING SEPARATED BY DISTILLATION FROM EITHER NEUTRAL OR ACID LIQUIDS. — D.—ALKALOIDS AND POISONOUS VEGETABLE PRINCIPLES SEPARATED FOR THE MOST PART BY ALCOHOLIC SOLVENTS. — E.—POISONS DERIVED FROM LIVING OR DEAD ANIMAL SUBSTANCES. — F.—THE OXALIC ACID GROUP. — G.—INORGANIC POISONS. — III.—Statistics. — Criminal Poisoning. — IV.—The Connection between Toxic Action and Chemical Composition. — V.—Life-Tests; or the Identification of Poison by Experiments on Animals. — VI.—General Method of Procedure in Searching for Poison. — AUTENRIETH’S GENERAL PROCESS. — I. SUBSTANCES SEPARATED BY DISTILLATION. — II. ORGANIC POISONS NOT VOLATILE IN ACID SOLUTION. — III. METALS. — VII.—The Spectroscope as an aid to the Identification of certain Poisons. — Examination of Blood, or of Blood-Stains.
7. 7.PART III.—POISONOUS GASES: CARBON MONOXIDE—CHLORINE—HYDRIC SULPHIDE. — I.—Carbon Monoxide. — II.—Chlorine. — III.—Hydric Sulphide (Sulphuretted Hydrogen).
8. 8.PART IV.—ACIDS AND ALKALIES. — I.—Sulphuric Acid. — Detection and Estimation of Free Sulphuric Acid. — II.—Hydrochloric Acid. — Detection and Estimation of Free Hydrochloric Acid. — III.—Nitric Acid. — IV.—Acetic Acid. — V.—Ammonia. — VI.—Caustic Potash and Soda. — VII.—Neutral Sodium, Potassium, and Ammonium Salts. — Detection and Estimation of Potassic Chlorate. — Toxicological Detection of Alkali Salts.
9. 9.PART V.—MORE OR LESS VOLATILE POISONOUS SUBSTANCES CAPABLE OF BEING SEPARATED BY DISTILLATION FROM NEUTRAL OR ACID LIQUIDS. — I.—Hydrocarbons. — 1. PETROLEUM. — 2. COAL-TAR-NAPHTHA—BENZENE. — 3. TERPENES—ESSENTIAL OILS—OIL OF TURPENTINE. — 4. OIL OF TURPENTINE—SPIRIT OF TURPENTINE—“TURPS.” — II.—Camphor. — III.—Alcohols. — 1. ETHYLIC ALCOHOL. — 2. AMYLIC ALCOHOL. — IV.—Ether. — V.—Chloroform. — Poisonous Effects of Chloroform. — VI.—Other Anæsthetics. — VII.—Chloral. — VIII.—Bisulphide of Carbon. — IX.—The Tar Acids—Phenol—Cresol. — Tests for Carbolic Acid. — X.—Nitro-Benzene. — XI.—Dinitro-benzol. — XII.—Hydrocyanic Acid. — Poisonous Cyanides other than Hydric and Potassic Cyanides. — XIII.—Phosphorus.
10. 10.PART VI.—ALKALOIDS AND POISONOUS VEGETABLE PRINCIPLES SEPARATED FOR THE MOST PART BY ALCOHOLIC SOLVENTS. — DIVISION I.—VEGETABLE ALKALOIDS. — I.—General Methods of Testing and Extracting Alkaloids. — II.—Liquid Volatile Alkaloids. — III.—The Opium Group of Alkaloids. — IV.—The Strychnine or Tetanus-Producing [422] Group of Alkaloids. — V.—The Aconite Group of Alkaloids. — VI.—The Mydriatic Group of Alkaloids—Atropine—Hyoscyamine—Solanine—Cytisine. — VII.—The Alkaloids of the Veratrums. — VIII.—Physostigmine. — IX.—Pilocarpine. — X.—Taxine. — XI.—Curarine. — XII.—Colchicine. — XIII.—Muscarine and the Active Principles of Certain Fungi. — DIVISION II.—GLUCOSIDES. — I.—Digitalis Group. — II.—Other Poisonous Glucosides Acting on the Heart. — III.—Saponin—Saponin Substances. — DIVISION III.—CERTAIN POISONOUS ANHYDRIDES OF ORGANIC ACIDS. — I.—Santonin. — II.—Mezereon. — DIVISION IV.—VARIOUS VEGETABLE POISONOUS PRINCIPLES—NOT ADMITTING OF CLASSIFICATION UNDER THE PREVIOUS THREE DIVISIONS. — I.—Ergot of Rye. — II.—Picrotoxin, the Active Principle of the Cocculus indicus (Indian Berry, Levant Nut). — III.—The Poison of Illicium Religiosum—A Japanese Plant. — IV.—Picric Acid and Picrates. — V.—Cicutoxin. — VI.—Æthusa Cynapium (Fool’s Parsley). — VII.—Œnanthe Crocata. — VIII.—Oil of Savin. — IX.—Croton Oil. — X.—The Toxalbumins of Castor-Oil Seeds and of Abrus. — XI.—Ictrogen. — XII.—Cotton Seeds. — XIII.—Lathyrus Sativus. — XIV.—Arum—Bryony—Locust Tree—Male Fern.
11. 11.PART VII.—POISONS DERIVED FROM LIVING OR DEAD ANIMAL SUBSTANCES. — DIVISION I.—POISONS SECRETED BY LIVING ANIMALS. — I.—Poisonous Amphibia. — II.—The Poison of the Scorpion. — III.—Poisonous Fish. — IV.—Poisonous Spiders and Other Insects. — V.—Snake Poison. — DIVISION II.—PTOMAINES—TOXINES. — Isolation of Ptomaines. — Diamines. — DIVISION III.—FOOD POISONING.
12. 12.PART VIII.—THE OXALIC ACID GROUP OF POISONS. — CERTAIN OXALIC BASES—OXALMETHYLINE—OXALPROPYLINE.
13. 13.PART IX.—INORGANIC POISONS. — I.—PRECIPITATED FROM A HYDROCHLORIC ACID SOLUTION BY HYDRIC SULPHIDE—PRECIPITATE YELLOW OR ORANGE. [700] Arsenic—Antimony—Cadmium. — 1. ARSENIC. — 2. ANTIMONY. — 3. CADMIUM. — II.—PRECIPITATED BY HYDRIC SULPHIDE IN HYDROCHLORIC ACID SOLUTION—BLACK. Lead—Copper—Bismuth—Silver—Mercury. — 1. LEAD. — 2. COPPER. — 3. BISMUTH. — 4. SILVER. — 5. MERCURY. — III.—PRECIPITATED BY HYDRIC SULPHIDE FROM A NEUTRAL SOLUTION. Zinc—Nickel—Cobalt. — 1. ZINC. — 2. NICKEL—COBALT. — IV.—PRECIPITATED BY AMMONIUM SULPHIDE. Iron—Chromium—Thallium—Aluminium—Uranium. — 1. IRON. — 2. CHROMIUM. — 3. THALLIUM. — 4. ALUMINIUM. — 5. URANIUM. — V.—ALKALINE EARTHS. — Barium.
14. 14.APPENDIX. — Treatment by Antidotes or otherwise of Cases of Poisoning. — I. Instruments : — — II. Emetics : — — III. Antidotes : — — TREATMENT. — DOMESTIC READY REMEDIES FOR POISONING.
15. 15.INDEX.
16. 16.Transcriber’s Notes

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