| 695. | Effects of Oxalic Acid and Oxalates on Animals, | 513 |
| 696. | Researches of Kobert and Küssner on the Effects of Sodic Oxalate, | 513, 514 |
| 697. | Effects of Vaporised Oxalic Acid, | 514, 515 |
| 698. | Effects of Oxalic Acid and Hydropotassic Oxalate on Man—Illustrative Cases, | 515, 516 |
| 699. | Physiological Action, | 516, 517 |
| 700. | Pathological Changes produced by Oxalic Acid and the Oxalates, | 517, 518 |
| 701. | Preparations in Museums Illustrative of the Effects of Oxalic Acid, | 518 |
| 702. | Pathological Changes produced by the Acid Oxalate of Potash, | 518, 519 |
| 703. | Separation of Oxalic Acid from Organic Substances, the Tissues of the Body, &c., | 519-521 |
| 704. | Oxalate of Lime in the Urine, | 521 |
| 705. | Estimation of Oxalic Acid, | 521, 522 |
| | Certain Oxalic Bases—Oxalmethyline—Oxalpropyline. | |
| 706. | The Experiments of Schulz and Mayer on Oxalmethyline, Chloroxalmethyline, and Oxalpropyline, | 522, 523 |
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| | PART IX.—INORGANIC POISONS. | |
| | I. Precipitated from a Hydrochloric Acid Solution by Hydric Sulphide—Precipitate Yellow or Orange. | |
| | ARSENIC—ANTIMONY—CADMIUM. | |
| | 1. Arsenic. | |
| 707. | Metallic Arsenic; its Chemical and Physical Properties, | 524 |
| 708. | Arsenious Anhydride—Arsenious Acid; its Properties and Solubility, | 524, 525 |
| 709. | Arseniuretted Hydrogen (Arsine), | 525-527 |
| 710. | Arseniuretted Hydrogen in the Arts, &c., | 527 |
| 711. | The Effects of Arseniuretted Hydrogen on Man—Illustrative Cases, | 527, 528 |
| 712. | The Sulphides of Arsenic, | 528, 529 |
| 713. | Orpiment, or Arsenic Trisulphide, | 529 |
| 714. | Haloid Arsenical Compounds—Chloride of Arsenic—Iodide of Arsenic, | 529 |
| 715. | Arsenic in the Arts, | 529, 530 |
| 716. | Pharmaceutical Preparations of Arsenic—Veterinary Arsenical Medicines—Rat and Fly Poisons—Quack Nostrums—Pigments—External Application of Arsenic for Sheep—Arsenical Soaps—Arsenical Compounds used in Pyrotechny, | 530-534 |
| 717. | Statistics of Poisoning by Arsenic, | 534 |
| 718. | Law Relative to the Sale of Arsenic, | 535 |
| 719. | Dose of Arsenic, | 535 |
| 720. | Effects of Arsenious Acid on Plants, | 535, 536 |
| 721. | Effects of Arsenic upon Life—Animalcules—Annelids—Birds—Mammals, | 536-538 |
| 722. | Effects of Arsenious Acid on Man—Arsenic Eaters, | 538, 539 |
| 723. | Manner of Introduction of Arsenic, | 539 |
| 724. | Cases of Poisoning by the External Application of Arsenic, | 539-541 |
| 725. | Arsenic in Wall-Papers, | 541, 542 |
| 726. | Forms of Arsenical Poisoning—Acute Form, | 542 |
| 727. | Subacute Form—Case of the Duc de Praslin, | 543 |
| 728. | Nervous Form—Brodie’s Experiments on Rabbits—A “Mass” Poisoning reported by Dr. Coqueret, | 544, 545 |
| 729. | Absence of Symptoms, | 545, 546 |
| 730. | Slow Poisoning, | 546 |
| 731. | The Maybrick Case, | 546-548 |
| 732. | Post-mortem Appearances met with in Animals after Arsenical Poisoning—The Researches of Hugo, | 548, 549 |
| 733. | Post-mortem Appearances in Man—Illustrative Pathological Preparations in Various Museums, | 549-551 |
| 734. | Pathological Changes induced in the Gullet and Stomach—Fatty Degeneration of the Liver and Kidneys—Glossitis—Retardation of Putrefaction, | 551, 552 |
| 735. | Physiological Action of Arsenic, | 552, 553 |
| 736. | Elimination of Arsenic—Question of Accumulation of Arsenic, | 553 |
| 737. | Antidotes and Treatment, | 553, 554 |
| 738. | Detection of Arsenic—Identification of Arsenious Acid in Substance—Test of Berzelius—Identification of Arsenites and Arseniates—Detection of Arsenious Acid in Solution—Distinguishing Marks between the Sulphides of Tin, Cadmium, Antimony, and Arsenic—Marsh’s Original Test for Arsenic—Blondlot’s Modification of Marsh’s Test—Distinguishing Marks between Arsenical and Antimonial Mirrors—Reinsch’s Tests, | 554-560 |
| 739. | Arsenic in Glycerin, | 560 |
| 740. | Arsenic in Organic Matters—Orfila’s Method of Destroying Organic Matter—Extraction with Hydrochloric Acid—Modifications in the Treatment of Oils—Resinous Matters—Experiments on the Distribution of Arsenic by Scolosuboff, Ludwig, and Chittenden—The Question of Contamination of a Corpse by Arsenical Earth, | 560-562 |
| 741. | Imbibition of Arsenic after Death—Mason’s Case, | 563-565 |
| 742. | Analysis of Wall-Paper for Arsenic, | 565, 566 |
| 743. | Estimation of Arsenic—Galvanic Process of Bloxam—Colorimetric Methods, | 566-568 |
| 744. | Destruction of the Organic Matter by Nitric Acid, and Subsequent Reduction of the Arsenic Acid to Arseniuretted Hydrogen, and Final Estimation as Metallic Arsenic, | 568-571 |
| 745. | Arsine developed from an Alkaline Solution, | 571 |
| 746. | Precipitation as Tersulphide—Methods of Dealing with the Sulphides obtained—(a) Solution in Ammonia and Estimation by Iodine—(b) Drying the Purified Precipitate at a High Temperature, and then directly weighing—(c) Oxidation of the Sulphide and Precipitation as Ammonia Magnesian Arseniate, or Magnesia Pyro Arseniate—(d) Conversion of the Trisulphide of Arsenic into the Arseno-Molybdate of Ammonia—Conversion of the Sulphide into Metallic Arsenic, | 571-575 |
| 747. | Conversion of Arsenic into Arsenious Chloride, | 575, 576 |
| | 2. Antimony. | |
| 748. | Properties of Metallic Antimony, | 577 |
| 749. | Antimonious Sulphides, | 577, 578 |
| 750. | Tartarated Antimony—Tartar Emetic, | 578, 579 |
| 751. | Metantimonic Acid, | 579 |
| 752. | Pharmaceutical, Veterinary, and Quack Preparations of Antimony—(1)Pharmaceutical Preparations—(2) Patent and Quack Pills—(3) Antimonial Medicines, chiefly Veterinary, | 579-582 |
| 753. | Alloys, | 582 |
| 754. | Pigments, | 582 |
| 755. | Dose, | 582 |
| 756. | Effects of Tartar Emetic on Animals—Influence on Temperature—Dr. Nevin’s Researches on Rabbits, | 582, 583 |
| 757. | Effects of Tartar Emetic on Man—Illustrative Cases, | 583, 584 |
| 758. | Chronic Antimonial Poisoning, | 585 |
| 759. | Post-mortem Appearances—Preparations in Museums—Pathological Appearances in Rabbits, according to Nevin, | 585, 586 |
| 760. | Elimination of Antimony, | 586 |
| 761. | Antidotes for Tartar Emetic, | 586 |
| 762. | Effects of Chloride or Butter of Antimony, | 587 |
| 763. | Detection of Antimony in Organic Matters, | 587-589 |
| 764. | Quantitative Estimation of Antimony, | 589, 590 |
| | 3. Cadmium. | |
| 765. | Properties of the Metal Cadmium, | 590 |
| 766. | Cadmium Oxide, | 590 |
| 767. | Cadmium Sulphide, | 590 |
| 768. | Medicinal Preparations of Cadmium—Cadmium Iodide—Cadmium Sulphate, | 590 |
| 769. | Cadmium in the Arts, | 590 |
| 770. | Fatal Dose of Cadmium, | 590 |
| 771. | Separation and Detection of Cadmium, | 590, 591 |
| | II. Precipitated by Hydric Sulphide in Hydrochloric Acid Solution—Black. | |
| | LEAD—COPPER—BISMUTH—SILVER—MERCURY. | |
| | 1. Lead. | |
| 772. | Lead and its Oxides—Litharge—Minium, or Red Lead, | 591, 592 |
| 773. | Sulphide of Lead, | 592 |
| 774. | Sulphate of Lead, | 592 |
| 775. | Acetate of Lead, | 592 |
| 776. | Chloride of Lead—Carbonate of Lead, | 592, 593 |
| 777. | Preparations of Lead used in Medicine, the Arts, &c.—(1) Pharmaceutical—(2) Quack Nostrums—(3) Preparations used in the Arts—Pigments—Hair Dyes—Alloys, | 593, 594 |
| 778. | Statistics of Lead-Poisoning, | 594 |
| 779. | Lead as a Poison—Means by which Lead may be taken into the System, | 595, 596 |
| 780. | Effects of Lead Compounds on Animals, | 596, 597 |
| 781. | Effects of Lead Compounds on Man—Acute Poisoning—Mass Poisoning by Lead—Case of Acute Poisoning by the Carbonate of Lead, | 597-599 |
| 782. | Chronic Poisoning by Lead, | 599, 600 |
| 783. | Effects of Lead on the Nervous System—Lead as a Factor of Insanity, | 600, 601 |
| 784. | Amaurosis Caused by Lead-Poisoning—Influence on the Sexual Functions—Caries—Epilepsy, | 601-603 |
| 785. | Uric Acid in the Blood after Lead-Poisoning, | 603 |
| 786. | Influence of Lead on Pregnant Women and on Fœtal Life—The Keighley Case of Poisoning by Water Contaminated by Lead—Case of Reg. v. L. J. Taylor, | 603-605 |
| 787. | Post-mortem Appearances, | 605 |
| 788. | Physiological Action of Lead, | 605, 606 |
| 789. | Elimination of Lead, | 606 |
| 790. | Fatal Dose, | 606, 607 |
| 791. | Antidotes and Treatment, | 607 |
| 792. | Localisation of Lead, | 607, 608 |
| 793. | Detection and Estimation of Lead, | 608, 609 |
| 794. | Detection of Lead in Tartaric Acid, in Lemonade and Aërated Waters, | 609, 610 |
| | 2. Copper. | |
| 795. | Properties of Copper, | 610 |
| 796. | Cupric Oxide, | 610 |
| 797. | Cupric Sulphide, | 610 |
| 798. | Solubility of Copper in Water and Various Fluids—Experiments of Carnelley, W. Thompson, and Lehmann, | 610-612 |
| 799. | Copper as a Normal Constituent of Animal, Vegetable, and other Matters—Dupré’s Experiments—Bergeron and L. L’Hôte’s Researches, | 612-614 |
| 800. | The “Coppering” of Vegetables—Copper in Green Peas—Phyllocyanic Acid, | 614, 615 |
| 801. | Preparations of Copper used in Medicine and the Arts—(1) Medicinal Preparations—(2) Copper in the Arts, | 615, 616 |
| 802. | Dose—Medicinal Dose of Copper, | 616, 617 |
| 803. | Effects of Soluble Copper Salts on Animals, | 617-619 |
| 804. | Toxic Dose of Copper Salts, | 619 |
| 805. | Cases of Acute Poisoning, | 619, 620 |
| 806. | Effects of Subacetate, Subchloride, and Carbonate of Copper, | 620 |
| 807. | Post-mortem Appearances seen in Acute Poisoning by Copper, | 620, 621 |
| 808. | Chronic Poisoning by Copper, | 621, 622 |
| 809. | Detection and Estimation of Copper—General Method—Special Method for Copper in Solution in Water and other Liquids—Detection of Copper in Animal Matters, | 622-624 |
| 810. | Volumetric Processes for the Estimation of Copper, | 624 |
| | 3. Bismuth. | |
| 811. | Bismuth as a Metal, | 624 |
| 812. | Teroxide of Bismuth, | 624 |
| 813. | The Sulphide of Bismuth, | 624 |
| 814. | Preparations of Bismuth used in Medicine and the Arts—(1) Pharmaceutical Preparations—(2) Bismuth in the Arts, | 624, 625 |
| 815. | Medicinal Doses of Bismuth, | 625 |
| 816. | Toxic Effects of Sub-nitrate of Bismuth, | 625, 626 |
| 817. | Extraction and Detection of Bismuth in Animal Matter, | 626, 627 |
| 818. | Estimation of Bismuth—Volumetric Processes, | 627, 628 |
| | 4. Silver. | |
| 819. | Properties of Metallic Silver, | 628, 629 |
| 820. | Chloride of Silver, | 629 |
| 821. | Sulphide of Silver, | 629 |
| 822. | Preparations of Silver used in Medicine and the Arts—(1) Medicinal Preparations—(2) Silver in the Arts, | 629, 630 |
| 823. | Medicinal Dose of Silver Compounds, | 630 |
| 824. | Effects of Nitrate of Silver on Animals—Chronic Poisoning, | 630, 631 |
| 825. | Toxic Effects of Silver Nitrate on Man—(1) Acute—(2) Chronic Poisoning, | 631, 632 |
| 826. | Post-mortem Appearances, | 632 |
| 827. | Detection and Estimation of Silver, | 632, 633 |
| | 5. Mercury. | |
| 828. | The Metal Mercury—Mercurous Chloride, or Calomel, | 633, 634 |
| 829. | Sulphide of Mercury, | 634 |
| 830. | Medicinal Preparations of Mercury, | 634-638 |
| 831. | Mercury in the Arts—The Sulphocyanide of Mercury—Acid Solution of Nitrate of Mercury, | 639 |
| 832. | The more common Patent and Quack Medicines containing Mercury, | 639, 640 |
| 833. | Mercury in Veterinary Medicine, | 640 |
| 834. | Medicinal and Fatal Dose, | 640, 641 |
| 835. | Poisoning by Mercury—Statistics, | 641 |
| 836. | Effects of Mercurial Vapour and of the Non-Corrosive Compounds of Mercury—(a) On Vegetable Life—(b) On Animal Life, | 641, 642 |
| 837. | Effects on Man, | 642, 643 |
| 838. | Absorption of Mercury by the Skin, | 643 |
| 839. | Symptoms of Poisoning by Mercury Vapour, | 643, 644 |
| 840. | Mercurial Tremor, | 644, 645 |
| 841. | Mercuric Methide—Effects of, as Illustrated by two Cases, | 645, 646 |
| 842. | Effects of the Corrosive Salts of Mercury, | 646, 647 |
| 843. | Death from the External Use of Corrosive Sublimate, | 647 |
| 844. | Effects of the Nitrates of Mercury, | 647 |
| 845. | Case of Reg. v. E. Smith, | 648 |
| 846. | Mercuric Cyanide, | 648 |
| 847. | White Precipitate, | 648 |
| 848. | Treatment of Acute and Chronic Poisoning, | 648 |
| 849. | Post-mortem Appearances—Pathological Preparations in Various Anatomical Museums, | 648-650 |
| 850. | Pathological Appearances from the Effects of Nitrate of Mercury, | 650 |
| 851. | Elimination of Mercury, | 650, 651 |
| 852. | Tests for Mercury, | 651, 652 |
| 853. | The Detection of Mercury in Organic Substances and Fluids, | 652-654 |
| 854. | Estimation of Mercury—The Dry Method, | 654 |
| 855. | Volumetric Processes for the Estimation of Mercury, | 654, 655 |
| | III. Precipitated by Hydric Sulphide from a Neutral Solution. | |
| | ZINC—NICKEL—COBALT. | |
| | 1. Zinc. | |
| 856. | Properties of Metallic Zinc, | 655, 656 |
| 857. | Carbonate of Zinc, | 656 |
| 858. | Oxide of Zinc, | 656 |
| 859. | Sulphide of Zinc—Sulphate of Zinc, | 656 |
| 860. | Preparation and Uses of Chloride of Zinc, | 656, 657 |
| 861. | Zinc in the Arts—Zinc Chromate—Zinc Pigments—Action of Fluids on Zinc Vessels, | 657, 658 |
