| Ether, | 1 | ... | 1 | | Prussic Acid and Morphine, | 1 | ... | 1 | | Prussic Acid and Chloral, | 1 | ... | 1 | | Turpentine and Sal Ammoniac, | ... | 1 | 1 | | +--------+--------+--------+ | | 223 | 212 | 435 | +--------------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+ =Suicidal Poisoning.=--Poisons which kill more than one person suicidally each year are only 19 in number, as follows:-- Deaths from suicide during the ten years ending 1892. Potassic bichromate 10 Chloroform 14 Chloral 15 Chlorodyne 16 Aconite 19 Belladonna 20 Mercury 24 Nitric acid 27 Ammonia 34 Sulphuric acid 53 Arsenic 77 Phosphorus 84 Vermin-killer 118 Prussic acid 122 Hydrochloric acid 138 Strychnine 150 Oxalic acid 200 Prussic acid 222 Opiates 281 Phenol 290 In the ten years ending 1880, suicidal deaths from vermin-killers, from prussic acid, from cyanide of potassium, and from opiates were all more numerous than deaths from phenol, whereas at present phenol appears to be the poison most likely to be chosen by a suicidal person. Criminal Poisoning. § 22. Some useful statistics of criminal poisoning have been given by Tardieu[31] for the 21 years 1851-1871, which may be summarised as follows:-- [31] _Étude Médico-Légale sur l’Empoisonnement_, Paris, 1875. Total accusations of Poisoning in the 21 years, 793 RESULTS OF THE POISONING:-- Death, 280 } Illness, 346 } 872 Negative, 246 } ACCUSED:-- Men, 304 } 703 Women, 399 } NATURE OF POISON EMPLOYED:-- Arsenic, 287 Phosphorus, 267 { Sulphate, 120 } Copper { Acetate (Verdigris), 39 } 159 { Sulphuric Acid, 36 } Acids { Hydrochloric Acid, 8 } 47 { Nitric Acid, 3 } Cantharides, 30