ARSENIC, sale of, should be regulated, 140 generally, II. 141—148—207—210 properties of, II. 211 metallic, not poisonous, II. 212 garlic smell of, II. 234 whitens copper, II. 236 imperfect tests of, II. 235—237 poisoning by, confounded with cholera morbus, II. 156—160—219 putrefaction after, II. 183—229 case of Mitchel, II. 187 absorption of, II. 192 and its compounds, II. 201 poisoning _per vaginum_ by, II. 221 case of accidental poisoning by, III. 9 _See_ cases of _Turner_, _Mitchel_, _Blandy_, _Overbury_, _Donnell_, _Ogilvie_, & _Nairne_. ARSENIC acid and its salts, II. 256 effect of tests on, II. 257 sulphurets of, II. 257 tests of, II. 258 ARSENIATES, distinguished from Phosphates, II. 242—245—248 ARSENIOUS acid, or white oxide, II. 212 properties of, II. 213 vapour of, inodorous, II. 213—235 poisoning by, degrees of, II. 216 poisoning by, symptoms of, II. 157—216 poisoning by, lowest degree of, II. 216 second degree of, II. 217 third degree of, II. 218 modes of poisoning by, II. 220—221 death by external application of, II. 220 experiments on external application of, II. 221 internal use of, _ib._ physiological action of, II. 223 dissection of bodies poisoned by, II. 225 disease induced by, II. 229 state of the blood produced by, _ib._ introduced _post mortem_, II. 230 redness of the stomach not a certain proof of, II. 230 chemical tests of, II. 232 solid, how detected, II. 232 how reduced to metal, II. 233 different modes of detecting, II. 234—240 metalized by charcoal, II. 238 by lime, _ib._ effect of nitre on, II. 239 nitrate of silver, II. 239—240 muriates on, II. 242 ammoniuret of silver, II. 244 sulphate of copper, II. 245 ammoniuret of copper, _ib._ sulphuretted hydrogen, II. 248 lime water, II. 249 tests of, errors respecting, II. 246—249 adulterations of, II. 243—249 does not blacken steel, II. 250 does not prevent dough from rising, _ib._ examination of when mixed with food, II. 252 when absorbed by the stomach, II. 254 effect of iodine on, II. 272 ARSENICAL vapour, effects of, 339 ARSON (see Combustion), 402 ASSISTANT, Surgeon liable for the _mala praxis_ of his, 81 ASTHMA, extraordinary treatment of, II. 200 ASPHYXIA, II. 35 of privies, II. 49 treatment of, II. 75—84 ASPHYXIA, idiopathica, II. 30 ASTRINGENT poisons, II. 202 ATROPIA, II. 411 B BARYTA, II. 202—327 poisoning by, _ib._ muriate of, _ib._—207 physiological action of, II. 328 antidotes to, _ib._ tests of, II. 329 BELLADONNA, II. 203—410 poisoning by, II. 411 physiological action of, II. 412 detection of, II. 413 BATEMAN, Mary, case of, II. 269 BEER, adulterations of, II. 377 BELLAND, or Derbyshire colic, II. 355 BILE acrid, may poison, II. 158—196