AGE, of consent, 168—170 of puberty, 170—179—185 old, 179 no bar to marriage, 172 children of, 175 determination of, 382 of deceased persons, enquiries respecting, III. 8—22 of criminal responsibility, III. 131 AGUE, jumping, 362 AIR, deprived of oxygen, effects of, II. 48 consumption of, encreased by muscular action, II. 54 hindering the circulation of, 348 tainting, 330—350 revival by fresh, II. 4 its influence on contagion, 120—126 ALBUMEN, an antidote to sublimate, II. 264 ALCHEMISTS, 2 ALCOHOL, poison by, II. 203—207—433—436 physiological action of, II. 437 ALIEN, cannot be a Fellow of the College of Physicians, 15 ALKALIES, caustic, poisons, II. 202—207—218 ALKALINE earths, poisons, II. 202—325 ALMONDS, essential oil of, II. 207—396—402—405 effect of oil and albumen on, II. 404 analysis of, II. 405 ALVINE concretions, supposed or feigned, 367 AMENORRHŒA, 235 AMENTIA acquisita, 310 AMMONIA, II. 323 a poison, II. 202 use of, in detecting arsenic, II. 241—244 effect of, on sublimate, II. 271 on copper, II. 281—287—293 test of, II. 324 poisoning by, II. 324 AMMONIURET of silver, a test for arsenic, II. 244 of copper, II. 245 ANAPHRODISIACS, 209 ANATOMY, bodies for, 21 ANDILUVIAN fever, 120 ANIMAL putrefaction, effects of, 123—126—II. 443 a source of nuisance, 332 ANIMAL poisons, II. 440 ANIMALS, experiments on, not always conclusive, II. 198 see _Appendix_, 272 ANIMATION, suspended, II. 9 ANTIDOTES for arsenic, — sublimate, II. 263 antimony, II. 281 nitrate of silver, II. 300 sulphuric acid, II. 304 oxalic acid, II. 316 potass, II. 323 baryta, II. 328 hellebore, II. 374 prussic acid, II. 406 mushrooms, II. 433 ANTIMONY, II. 141—201 tartarized, effect on sublimate, II. 274 generally, II. 277 tartarized, II. 279 poisoning by, II. 208 antidotes of, II. 281 physiological action of, II. 282 dissection after, II. 283 tests for, II. 284—285 APHRODISIACS, 209 APOPLEXY, death by, II. 22—24—43 produced by poison, III. 14—17 by compression, III. 23 APOPLECTIC conformation, III. 22 APOTHECARY’S wares, search of, 18—20 APOTHECARY, practice by, 32—37 APOTHECARIES, Society of, 59 their charter, 59 their powers, 60 actions against, 68 malpractice by, 64 court of examination of, 65 who may practice as, 66 or, as assistants, 66 examiners in the country, 66 practicing without certificate, 67 AQUA FORTIS, death by, II. 147 AQUA Tophana, II. 135—141 ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury, licence of, 13—48 ARMS, bearing, 73