Excerpt from Essentials of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Hygiene An experience of educational matters and of the student W01 ld extending over nearly a quarter Of a century, has led me to hope that a work such as the present one may prove of some slight service, especially when bearing in mind the favourable reception that has been accorded to my last effort, The Essentials of Pathology and Morbid Anatomy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...a few hours, but a patient has survived nearly five days after taking forty grains, and twenty grains has proved fatal to a woman aftei a year of suffering. Mode of Extraction from the Stomach.--The salts of antimony are decomposed by all vegetable substances containing tannin, and in strong solutions they coagulate milk. The stomachcontents should be diluted with water, filtered and acidulated with tartaric acid, and then sulphuretted hydrogen gas should be transmitted through the liquid, in which case the orange sulphide will be precipitated. The colour of the precipitate may be rendered more or less brown from admixture with organic matters. Should this method fail, Reinsch's or Marsh's test may be employed (see Arsenic, pp. Ill, 112). If the quantity found in the stomach-contents exceeds the ordinary medicinal dose, there is a strong presumption of poisoning, but if the amount is small, it is impossible to say that it has been administered criminally, until proof is forthcoming that it has not been given as a medicine. Antimony is absorbed and may be discovered in the secretions, the blood, and solid viscera. The same method of detection may be employed as in the case of arsenic. The urine should always be examined for antimony. The elimination of the poison by the kidneys is very rapid. When the quantity present is very small, it has been recommended to suspend in a weak acid solution, a coil of pure nine foil, wound round a piece of platinum foil, when metallic antimony will be deposited upon the platinum. This deposit may be treated as follows;--MERCURY. 115 1. Wash and digest in strong nitric acid, until the deposit is dissolved, and then evaporate to dryness. Dissolve the residue in hydrochloric acid and add to the solution...

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