POISONS generally, II. 131 classification of, 199—207 slow, II. 132—143—149—355 vegetable, II. 138—182—366 narcotic, II. 141—154—161—200—203—381 consecutive, II. 147—149 accumulative, II. 148—149—260—355 absolute, II. 150 relative, II. _ib._ corrosive, II. 154—200—201 astringent, II. 200—202—336 animal, II. 440 septic, II. 200—204—_ib._ aerial, II. 204—456 acrid, II. 200—202—371 mineral, II. 209 mechanical, II. 334 narcotico-acrid, II. 200—203—205 absorption of, II. 208 external application of, II. _ib._ effect of on animals, II. 193 of the toad, II. 139 of the lepus marinus, II. 141 of acrid bile, II. 158 of fishes, II. 204 of vipers, II. 442 POISONING, murder by, II. 128 antiquity of, II. 132—138 fables of, II. 136 evidence of, II. 153 questions on, II. 154 by arsenic, II. 216 sublimate, II. 259 antimony, II. 270 copper, II. 291 muriate of tin, II. 295 sulphate of zinc, II. 297 nitrate of silver, II. — concentrated acids, II. 301 sulphuric acid, II. 303 oxalic acid, II. 316 potass, II. 202—320—322 soda, II. 323 ammonia, II. 324 lime, II. 325 baryta, II. 327 phosphorus, II. 333 lead, II. 353 white hellebore, II. 373 black hellebore, II. 374 fœtid hellebore, II. 375 elaterium, II. 376 colocynth, II. 377 euphorbium, II. 378 savine, II. 378 aconite, II. 380 nitre, II. 381 opium, II. 388 henbane, II. 395 prussic acid, II. 398 nightshade, II. 411 stramonium, II. 414 tobacco, II. 418 hemlock, II. 421 nux vomica, II. 422 mushrooms, II. 428 alcohol, II. 436 fish, II. 451 POISONOUS drugs, sale of, II. 139 proposed regulation, II. 141 fish, II. 449 POITOU, colic of, II. 340—344—346—350 POLICE plague, 104 medical, 138 POPPIES red, mistake arising from, II. 231 POTASS, II. 319 a poison, II. 202—320 carbonate and subcarbonate, effect on sublimate, II. 271 effect on copper, II. 293 arseniate of, effect on copper, II. 293 triple prussiate of, effect on copper, II. 294 subcarbonate of, II. 322 poisoning by, _ib._ antidotes to, II. 323 POTASSÆ, liquor, II. 320 tests of, _ib._ POTASSA fusa, II. 321 POTASSA cum calce, II. 321 PRACTICE within London and seven miles, confined to College of Physicians and their Licentiates, 16—41 unlicenced, punishment of, 23—26 action for, 28 what is, 30—35 in the country, 41 PRATIQUE, 128 PREGNANCY, 230 _See_ Gestation. symptoms of, 233 how to ascertain, 236 mistaken for dropsy, 237 may be coexistent with dropsy, 238 privileges of, 239 feigned, 249 signs on dissection, III. 69 plea of, III. 131—141 PRESCRIPTIONS, 64 PRIAPISM, 205 PRINCE Charles Edward, 223 PRINCES, births of, disputed, _ib._ precautions at, _ib._ PRISON discipline, 89—II. 113