SECTION 2. Of the Evidence from Morbid Appearances 51 SECTION 3. Of the Evidence from Chemical Analysis 54 Causes which remove Poisons beyond the reach of analysis 55 Chemical Evidence not always indispensable to the proof of Poisoning 59 SECTION 4. Evidence from Experiments on Animals 62 With suspected articles of food or drink 63 With vomited matter or contents of the stomach 67 With the flesh of poisoned animals 69 SECTION 5. Moral Evidence 71 Suspicious conduct of prisoner, 73 and 78.—Proof of administration of poison, 73.—Proof of intent, 78.—Proof from simultaneous illness of several people, 80.—Proof from death-bed declaration 83 CHAP. III. Of Imaginary, Pretended, and Imputed Poisoning 85 PART II.—OF INDIVIDUAL POISONS. CHAP. I. Classification of Poisons 90 CHAP. II. CLASS FIRST. Of Irritant Poisons generally 92 SECTION 1. Of the Symptoms of Irritant Poisons compared with those of Natural Disease 93 SECTION 2. Of the Morbid Appearances of Irritant Poisoning compared with those of natural disease 110 CHAP. III. Mineral Acids 121 SECTION 1. Sulphuric Acid 123 Tests, 123, Action, 128, Morbid Appearances, 135, Treatment, 140 SECTION 2. Nitric Acid 142 SECTION 3. Hydrochloric Acid 146 CHAP. IV. Phosphorus. Sulphur. Chlorine. Iodine. Iodide of Potassium. Bromine 149 CHAP. V. Acetic Acid 164 CHAP. VI. Oxalic Acid 167 SECTION 1. Tests 168 SECTION 2. Action and Symptoms in Man 173 SECTION 3. Morbid Appearances 177 SECTION 4. Treatment 178 Tartaric and Citric Acid 180 CHAP. VII. Fixed Alkalis 180 CHAP. VIII. Nitre 187