Reports of Trials for Murder by Poisoning;: by Prussic Acid, Strychnia, Antimony, Arsenic, and Aconita. Including the trials of Tawell, W. Palmer, Dove, Madeline Smith, Dr. Pritchard, Smethurst, and Dr. Lamson, with chemical introduction and notes on the poisons used — John Shaqi
Reports of Trials for Murder by Poisoning;: by Prussic Acid, Strychnia, Antimony, Arsenic, and Aconita. Including the trials of Tawell, W. Palmer, Dove, Madeline Smith, Dr. Pritchard, Smethurst, and Dr. Lamson, with chemical introduction and notes on the poisons usedBrowne, G. Lathom (George Lathom)
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Reports of Trials for Murder by Poisoning;: by Prussic Acid, Strychnia, Antimony, Arsenic, and Aconita. Including the trials of Tawell, W. Palmer, Dove, Madeline Smith, Dr. Pritchard, Smethurst, and Dr. Lamson, with chemical introduction and notes on the poisons used
Browne, G. Lathom (George Lathom)
Medical jurisprudence -- Great Britain; Poisons; Trials (Murder) -- Great Britain; Trials (Poisoning) -- Great Britain
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│ │ MORPHIA. │ STRYCHNIA. │
├—─—─—─—─—─—──────────—─—─—─┼—─—─—─—─—─—────────—─┼—─—─—─—─—───────—─┤
│Concent. H_{2}SO_{4}—cold. │If pure, nothing at │If pure, nothing. │
│ │ first. │Some yellow─brown.│
│ ” ” warmed.│Violet, not strong. │ Do. │
│ To this warmed solution │ │ │
│add:— │ │ │
├—─—─—─—─—─—─—─—──────────—─┼—─—─—─—─—─—────────—─┼—─—─—─—───────—─—─┤
│ MnO_{2}. │Red, changing slowly │_Deep blue purple_│
│ │ to brown, then │ —tored purple— │
│ │ orange. On dilution,│cherryred—finally │
│ │ yellow─brown. │(changes slow). On│
│ │ │ dilution, rich │
│ │ │ orange red. │
├—─—─—─—─—─—─—──────────—─—─┼—─—────────—─—─—─—─—─┼—─—─—─—───────—─—─┤
│ K_{6}Cfy_{2}. │Violet, changing to │Same changes, but │
│ │ orange; not strong. │ more rapid and │
│ │ On dilution, at once│ less distinct. On│
│ │ destroyed to │ dilution, at once│
│ │ greenish─yellow │ destroyed to │
│ │ solution, turning │ greenish─yellow │
│ │blue. │ solution. │
├—─—─—─—─—─—──────────—─—─—─┼—─—─—─—─—─—────────—─┼—─—─—───────—─—─—─┤
│ K_{2}Cr_{2}O_{7}. │Red─brown, │Same as with │
│ │ orange─brown, │ MnO_{2}, but more│
│ │ _green_. │ evanescent and │
│ │ On dilution, │ rapid in change. │
│ │ _green_. │ On dilution, at │
│ │ │ once removed to │
│ │ │ yellowish─brown. │
├—─—─—─—─—─—─—─—──────────—─┼—─—─—─—────────—─—─—─┼—─—─—───────—─—─—─┤
│ HNO_{3} concent. │_Intense brownish─ │_In the cold, │
│ │ red_, changing │ nothing if pure._│
│ │ to brown— bleached │ On warming, │
│ │ by SnCl_{2}. │ orange─yellow │
│ │ │ —then SnCl_{2} │
│ │ │ _brown_ changing│
│ │ │ with excess to │
│ │ │ yellow. │
└—─—─—─—─—─—──────────—─—─—─┴—─—─—─—────────—─—─—─┴—─—─—─—───────—─—─┘
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