PRISONERS, death of, II. 111—112 PRIVIES, cleansing, 100 asphixia of, 101 explosion in, _ib._ regulation of, 102 in Paris, _ib._ gas of, II. 463 infants found in, III. 124 PRECOCITY of talent, 184 PROLAPSUS uteri, 287 feigned, 373 PROTESTANTS, French, charter to, 30 PRUSSIAN blue, nuisance of manufactory, 337 PRUSSIC acid, II. 207—396 spontaneous generation of, II. 162 properties of, II. 397 poisoning by, II. 398 suicide by, II. 399—401 accidents by, II. 399—401—402 physiological action of, II. 404 antidotes, II. 406 test of, II. 408 PTYALISM, extraordinary case of, II. 461 PUBERTY, age of, 170—185 signs of in males, 185 in females, 187 premature, 188 singular case of, 189 how to ascertain, 190 PUERPERAL insanity, III. 129 PUERITIA, 184 PULMONIC test of Infanticide, III. 109 PULVIS successionis, II. 142 PUNCTURES, II. 120 PUNISHMENTS, III. 147 PUTREFACTION, whether capable of generating contagion, 122 nuisances by, 330 as a test of death, II. 3 in cases of poisoning, II. 155—182 signs of in the stomach, II. 181 should not prevent dissection, II. 185 PUTRESCENT animal matter, II. 443 Q QUARANTINE, 104—127 origin of, 127 laws, 131 vexatious application of, 131 necessity of, 136 QUICKSILVER, _see_ Mercury. _QUO warranto_ against the President and Censors of the College of Physicians, 46 QUICK or not, question of, III. 142 R RANUNCULI, II. 207 RAPE, 416 accusation of, should be immediate, 416 appeal of abolished, 417 in Scotland, 417 immediate medical examination necessary, 417—424 signs of, 417 accuser and accused to be medically examined, 417 false accusation of, 418—426 general observations, 419—424 on the person of an infant, 419 cases of, 420 evidence of infant, 421 male infant under 14 deemed incapable of—sed q., 422 penetration, whether necessary, 427—433 emissio seminis, 427—433 whether Eunuchs can commit, 433 evidence on, 434—439 REALGAR, II. 259 RECOVERY of drowned persons, II. 78 RECTUM, poison inserted into, II. 222—230 examination of the, III. 64 RESEMBLANCE, personal, 220 animal, 221 RESPIRATION, II. 18 artificial, II. 21—78 cessation of, II. 33 utmost suspension of, II. 33 of infants, III. 113 in utero, 224 RESPONSIBILITY, criminal, III. 131 RHEUMATISM, feigned, 358 RICINUS, II. 203 ROYAL Letters, 3 RYE, spurred, poison of, II. 204 S SAFETY lamp, II. 100 SAFFRON, meadow, II. 207 SALIVATION by sublimate, II. 261 SALT, spirit of, _see_ muriatic acid. SALT Tax, impolicy of, 90 SANDARACH, mistake of, II. 210 SATURNINE medicines, danger of, II. 359 SAUSAGES, danger of, II. 445 SAVINE, II. 207—378 administering, III. 86—94 SCAMMONY, II. 203 SCHOOLS, diseases in, 90 SCROFULA, hereditary, 173 SEARCHERS, duty of, 144 inadequacy of, 144 SENECTUS, 194