: Reports of Trials for Murder by Poisoning; by Prussic Acid Strychnia Antimony Arsenic and Aconita. Including the trials of Tawell W. Palmer Dove Madeline Smith Dr. Pritchard Smethurst and Dr. Lamson with chemical introduction and notes on the poisons used

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PAGE PREFACES v

ADDENDA: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STRYCHNIA AND MORPHIA xv

" PROCESS FOR OBTAINING PURE CHLORINE xvi

CHEMICAL INTRODUCTION.

Summary of symptoms exhibited by various poisons: Sudden death-- Insensibility-- Vomiting-- Action on the eye-- Convulsions-- Chronic poisoning. Alkaloids, chemically and physiologically--Processes for their detection--Necessity for keeping the extracts separate--Dragendorff's process--Dr. Guy's sublimation process--Effects on animals--Doubtful value of this test--Preparation and effects of reagents: Mayer's-- Potassium tri-iodide-- Sonnenschein's test-- Bismuth-- Phosphotungstic acid-- Picric acid-- Animal charcoal-- Platinic chloride-- Tannin or Tannic acid-- Phospho-antimonic acid-- Silico-tungstic acid-- Auric, palladium and mercuric chlorides--Ptomaines or cadaveric alkaloids; difficulties raised by their discovery--Principles to be observed in analysing 1

TRIALS FOR POISONING BY PRUSSIC ACID 16

John Tawell , March, 1850.

George Ball , July, 1860.

Peter Walker , Dec., 1857.

HYDROCYANIC OR PRUSSIC ACID.

Nature of--Strength of different preparations of, English and foreign--Where found--Tests, preliminary: Odour-- Silver-- Prussian blue-- Sulphur-- Guaiacum-- Uranium-- Picric acid-- Cupric sulphate-- Cobalt chloride-- Mercuric oxide-- Peroxide of hydrogen-- Mercurous nitrate. Test apparatus--Salts of hydrocyanic acid: Potassium cyanide-- Mercuric cyanide-- Cyanides of the heavy metals-- Double cyanides-- Sulphocyanides--Oil of bitter almonds--Antidotes--Fatal dose--Symptoms--Post-mortem appearances--Drops and minims--Period after death at which hydrocyanic acid can be discovered--Formic acid to be tested for--Processes 55

TRIALS FOR POISONING BY STRYCHNIA 84

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