INDEX

Abdomen, P.-M. exam., 58, 59;
enlargement of, 153;
in delivery, 156;
in pregnancy, 153;
in starvation, 132;
injuries of, 75
Abel, Prof., on arsenic, 284
Abercrombie, Dr., on apoplexy, 73
Abortion, criminal, 64, 76, 159 et seq.;
causes of, 160, 161;
dangers of, 161;
definition of, 160, 164;
examination in, 162, 163;
in poisoning, 313, 317, 319, 322;
law of, 159;
R. v. Goodhall, 159
Abscess, in wounds, 84
Accident, death from, 2
Acetanilide (antifebrin), 363
Acetic acid, 262
Acetone, in starvation, 132
Acetylene gas, 401
Acid poisons, 231, 234, 246
Aconite and aconitine, 229, 234, 239, 348, 375, 376
Action (general) of poisons, 232-34
Acts of Parliament:—
Arsenic Act, 1851 (14 Vict. c. 13), 230, 275;
Coroners Acts, De Officio Coronatoris
(4 Edw. I, c. 2, 1275), 3, 4;
50 & 51 Vict., 1887, 3;
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, 12;
Fœticide (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, sec. 58 and 59), 159;
Habitual Drunkard‘s Act, 226;
Indictable Offences Act, 1848 (sec. 17), 18;
Infanticide (21 Jac. I. c. 27), 165;
(24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, sec. 60), 166;
Lunacy Acts (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100, secs. 90 and 114), 195;
(16 & 17 Vict. c. 70), 224;
(16 & 17 Vict. c. 96, sec. 4), 207;
(25 & 26 Vict. c. 86), 224;
(53 Vict. c. 5, 1890), 210-219;
(53 Vict. c. 53), 207, 223;
(54 & 55 Vict. c. 65, 1891), 207, 223;
Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, 198;
Notification of Births Act, 1907, 12;
Notification of Infectious Diseases, 1889, 12;
Pharmacy Act, 1868, 228;
Poisons Act (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, secs. 11, 22-25, 228;
Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908, 229;
Additions to Schedule Order, 1913, 229;
Rape (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, sec. 48), 140;
(48 & 49 Vict. c. 69, 1885), 140, 141;
Wounding (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, sec. 18), 69
Adam, Dr., on croton oil, 318
Addington, on poisoning, 240
Adipocere, 52
After-pains, in delivery, 156
Age, ossification as a sign of, 33, 34, 174;
putrefaction, 50
Ague and arsenic, 274
Air and putrefaction, 50, 55
Albumen, as antidote, 300, 312;
in urine, 41, 258, 268, 307, 382
Alcohol, 40, 62, 114, 119, 120, 135, 226, 231,
232, 244, 348, 354 et seq.;
amylic, 362
Alexander, on poisoning, 233, 238
Alimentary canal, 61, 271, 291, 297, 306, 310, 322, 346
Alison, on infanticide, 166
Alkalies, in poisoning, 231, 234, 262 et seq.
Alkaloid poisons, 229;
mydriatic, 349 et seq.;
putrefactive, 323 et seq.;
vegetable, 335 et seq.
Allen, Dr., on CO₂, 397
Almonds, bitter, 62, 229, 361, 373
Amenorrhœa, in sterility, 188
Ammonia, 264 et seq.
Amos, on inheritance, 184
Anæmia, 132, 299, 307, 401, 403
Analysis, chem., in P.-M. exam., 57, 62
Anasarca, 41
Aneurysm, in death from wounds, 81
Aniline oil, 108, 361, 362
Animal poisons, 231, 322 et seq.
Ante-mortem injuries, 79
Anthropometry, 24;
Commission on, 133
Antibodies, in blood tests, 105
Antidotes, in poisoning, 243
Antifebrin, 363
Antigen, in blood tests, 105
Antimony, 229, 234, 264 et seq., 280, 282, 292 et seq.
Antiserum, in blood tests, 105, 106
Apes, in blood testing, 105, 107
Aphasia, 73, 226
Apnœa, 118, 121, 126, 128
Apomorphine, 243, 257, 300, 345
Apoplexy, 40, 73, 118, 121, 126, 136, 236, 241, 347, 397
Arborescent marks, 137
Areola, of nipple, 152, 156
Arterio-sclerosis, 307
Arthritis, in lead poisoning, 307
Asphyxia, 38, 39, 110, 121 et seq., 136, 139, 369,
375, 380, 397, 402
Assaults, 27, 68, 80;
Law cases of, R. v. Rosinski, 68;
R. v. Case, 68
Assize Courts, 5
Atelectasis pulmonum, 169
Atheroma, as cause of death, 73
Atrophy, acute yellow, of liver and phosphorus poisoning, 268
Atropine, 229, 244, 348, 349, 372
Auscultation, in pregnancy, 151
Aveling, Dr., on delivery, 157
Bacillus enteritidis, 329, 330;
botulinus, 329, 330;
typhosus, 328
Bacterial poisons, 323, 328 et seq.
Bail, 4
Bailie, Justice, on medical evidence, 19
Ballottement, in pregnancy, 154
Banti‘s disease, and X-rays, 114
Barristers, 5
Baryta and barium salts, 234, 244, 248, 313, 315
Battery, 68
Beatson, on burns, 114
Becker, on blood-stains, 92
Beer and arsenic, 290;
and strychnine, 337
Belladonna, 229, 231 et seq., 349-351
Bentley, on fungi, 359
Benzene and benzole, and alkaloids, 337, 338, 402
Bernard, on CO₂, 397
Bertillon‘s method, 24
Berzelius, on CO₂, 397
Beverley case, 193
Bigelow, on wounds, 74
Bile, in poisoning, 233
Bilroth, on carbolic acid, 256
Biological tests, for blood, 105;
semen, 146
Birds, blood corpuscles, 96, 99
Birth—certificates, 12;
marks, 23;
precipitate, 177;
premature, 186
Bismuth, 314
Blackening, in wounds, 78, 87
Blackstone, on infanticide, 167;
on inheritance, 184
Bladder and putrefaction, 54;
in new born, 169;
in P.-M. exam., 62, 169
Blandy case, 240
Blisters, in burns, 112;
in infanticide, 167
Blizzard (Sir W.), on evidence, 20
Blondlot, on phosphorus, 269
Blood, corpuscles, 97 et seq.;
crystals, 96-102;
cysts, 73;
films, 94;
in burning, 112;
cold, 135, 136;
drowning, 130;
heat-stroke, 137;
mammalian, 96, 105;
menstrual, 96;
P.-M., 62;
poisoning, 232, 247, 256, 267, 271, 319,
327, 355, 360, 362, 399, 401;
rape, 142, 143;
suffocation, 199;
stains, 79, 80, 89et seq., 145;
vessels, 54, 81, 232
Bloxam, on arsenic, 284;
test, 393
Blue line, in lead poisoning, 307
Blyth, on poisons, 227;
tests, 350, 396
Board of Trade and electricity, 138
Body viewing, 4
Bones, epiphyses, 33, 34;
fractures, 56;
ossification, 33, 34;
poisoning, 238, 268, 271
Bonnewyn, on mercury poisoning, 304
Books, use of, in Court, 19
Borax, 91, 92
Bouchard, on leucomaines, 327
Bouchet, on signs of death, 33, 34
Boutmy, on alkaloids, 326
Bouvalat, on sudden death, 42
Bowels (see Intestine)
Brain, 54, 58, 71 et seq.;
in burns, 112;
cold, 130;
drowning, 130;
electricity, 138;
poisoning, 231, 233, 238, 256, 269, 291, 297, 345, 355,
356, 360, 364, 366, 375, 377, 378, 380, 384;
suffocation, 119
Brande and Taylor‘s method, in arsenic, 280, 281
Bravo case, 294
Breasts, in pregnancy, 152
Briand and Chaudé, on wounds, 75
Brieger, on alkaloids, 326
Bright‘s disease, and poisoning, 235, 244
Brodie (Sir B.), on cold, 135
Bromatotoximus, 328 et seq.
Brouardel, on alkaloids, 326
Broughton (Sir T.), on poisoning, 374
Bruce, Justice, on dying declarations, 17
Brucine, 342, 388, 393, 396
Bruises, 115, 144
Brunton, Dr., on brucine, 394
Bryony, 322
Burgess, on opium, 345
Burnett‘s fluid, 165
Burns, 64, 110 et seq.
Cachexia, in poisoning, 299
Cacodylic acid, 290
Cadaveric rigidity (rigor mortis), 46 et seq., 119;
spasm, 48, 78, 80
Cadmium, 281
Calabar bean, 231, 233, 348, 386, 387
Calcium chloride, 260
Callus, provisional, 77
Calomel, 301
Camel, blood corpuscles, 96
Camphor, 349, 352
Canadian partridges and poisoning, 236
Cancer and arsenic, 274
Cancrum oris and mercury, 300
Cannabis Indica, 232
Cantharidis, 229, 231, 234, 322
Caput succedaneum, 180
Carbolic Acid, 229, 231, 234, 254 et seq., 348
Carbon bisulphide, 112, 379;
dioxide, 231, 232, 397;
monoxide, 104, 112, 232, 398
Carunculæ myrtiformes, 148
Caspar, 21, 52, 70, 86, 113, 122, 123, 128, 130, 142,
149, 169, 170, 173, 177, 247, 319, 355
Castlehaven, Earl of, and rape, 140
Castor-oil, 321
Catalepsy, and rigor mortis, 48
Cat‘s bile, in blood testing, 98
Caustic salts, 231;
soda, 231, 262;
potash, 262
Cave, Justice, on dying declarations, 16, 17
Cell, Sorby‘s, 105
Central Criminal Court, 10
Cerebral concussion, 72, 356;
compression, 72;
poisons, 231, 377 et seq.
Certificates of birth, &c., 11 et seq.;
exemption, 191;
lunacy, 206 et seq.
Cervix uteri, 153
Cessation of circulation and respiration, 43
Chalk, in poisoning, 244, 247
Chancery Court, 224
Chancre, soft, 143
Chantrelle, on coal gas, 401
Charcoal, in poisoning by CO₂, 121
Charpentier, on abortion, 162
Chastity, offences against, 140 et seq.
Chemical exam., 98;
poisons, 231, 246
Cherry-laurel, 374
Chest, in infanticide, 168;
new born, 168;
P.-M. exam., 59
Chevers, on suffocation, 122
Cheyne-Stokes breathing, 41, 136
Children, weight and height of, 134
Chlorine, 232, 372, 403
Chloroform, 230, 232, 239, 244, 337, 348, 378, 393
Cholera, simulating poisoning, 241
Chossat‘s experiments, 132
Christison (Sir R.), 12, 112, 116, 118, 238, 240, 258,
275, 278, 305, 343, 344, 386
Chromium, 316
Churchill, on suffocation, 186
Cicatrices of wounds, 21 et seq.
Cinnabar, 301
Circulation in poisoning, 255, 271, 291, 297, 309, 310
Cisterns, in lead poisoning, 305, 306
Citation of witnesses, 8 et seq.
Civil rights in lunacy, 224
Climate, in putrefaction, 50
Clothes, cuts in, 71, 80;
in burning, 111;
stains on, 89, 91
Coagulation of blood, 78, 89, 112
Coal gas poisoning, 232, 400;
coal-tar, 254
Cobalt, in hydrocyanic acid, 373
Coca, 229, 230;
cocaine, 357, 358
Cocculus Indicus, 232, 354, 358
Cockburn, Lord, on poisons, 228
Code Napoleon, 185
Coke, Lord, on murder, 69;
on live birth, 167;
on inheritance, 184
Colchicum, 231, 234, 318
Cold, death from, 135, 136;
P.-M. appearances in, 135
Coleridge, Lord, on poisons, 228
Colic, in poisoning, 241, 242, 305, 306, 317
Collapse, in poisoning, 258, 268, 330, 333
Colostrum, in delivery, 156
Colour, in putrefaction, 51, 52
Coma, 39, 40, 135, 137;
in poisoning, 268, 276, 290, 310, 327, 333, 343,
349, 351, 354, 360, 377, 382, 399
Combustion gases, 401;
spontaneous, 113
Comminuted fractures, 74
Commissioners in lunacy, 208, 210, 213, 220, 221, 224
Committee of estate in lunacy, 220, 221, 224
Complications, in injuries, 81
Compression, cerebral, 40, 72
Concealment of birth and pregnancy, 166, 183
Concussion, cerebral, 72, 356
Confectionery and arsenic, 287, 290, 306
Congenital deformities, 23;
disease, 178
Conium, 231, 234, 385, 386;
conine, 385
Conolly, on mania, 200
Constitutional peculiarity, 51
Contre-coup in fracture of skull, 74
Contusions, 60, 61, 74, 84, 115
Convulsions, in poisoning, 268, 276, 293, 310, 327, 332, 343,
349, 351, 354, 360, 377, 382, 399
Cooling of body, 30, 45
Cooper (Sir A.), on gunshot wounds, 87
Copper, sulphate, 243, 280, 290, 300, 331, 332;
subacetate, 310 et seq.
Cord, marks of, 123, 176;
spinal, injuries of, 74
Cornier, Henrietta, case, 203
Coroners, 2;
Act, 2-4;
Court, 2 et seq.;
jury, 3
Corpus luteum, in abortion, 164
Corpuscles (see Blood), 97 et seq.
Corrosive poisons, 110, 112, 231, 234, 244, 246, 275;
sublimate, 229, 232, 341
Cotton fibres, 93
County Council, 2
Court of Criminal Appeal, 5;
Probate, 10;
Session, 10, 224
Cramps, in poisoning, 276, 293, 311, 401
Creosote, 254
Crepitation, in fracture, 71;
in lung, 170, 172
Cretinism, 197
Criminal abortion (see Abortion);
procedure, 2 et seq.
Cross-examination, 4, 5
Croton oil, 318
Crown Office instructions, 7, 56 et seq.
Crying, in infanticide, 167
Cryptorchids, 187
Crystals, antimony, 292, 293;
arsenic, 282, 283;
blood, 96;
brucine, 395;
hæmin, 101, 102;
hæmoglobin, 96, 98;
meconic acid, 340;
mercury, 298;
morphine, 339;
seminal, 146;
strychnine, 389, 392;
Teichmann‘s, 101
Culpable homicide, 68
Cunningham, on electricity, 138, 139
Curator bonis, in lunacy, 225
“Cut the Bill”, 5
Cutis anserina, 128, 129, 355
Cyanide of mercury, 301;
potassium, 229, 373
Cyanosis, 122, 361, 378, 401
Darling, Justice, on dying declarations, 17
Daturine, 349, 352
Day‘s test (blood), 100
Death, 43 et seq.;
certificate of, 2;
from bruises, 116;
burns, 111;
suffocation, 108;
wounds, 80;
fœtus, 174;
sudden, 42
Deformities, 21, 24
Deeming case, 203
Degrees of burns, 110
Deliriant poisons, 231, 249 et seq.
Delirium, 136, 205, 235, 320, 321, 330,
344, 349, 355, 366, 375, 380
Delivery, 64, 65, 155 et seq., 175
Delpach, on cicatrices, 23
Delusions in lunacy, 193, 196, 199, 200
Dementia in lunacy, 204, 205
Depositions, 18
De Quincey, on opium, 344
Deutsch, on blood, 105
Development of embryo, 35, 36
Devergie, on scars, 22;
on hair-dyeing, 26;
on putrefaction, 30, 128;
on rape, 144
Diabetes, sudden death, 41;
starvation, 132
Diachylon, in abortion, 161
Diagnosis of insensibility, 39
Diaphragm in new born, 168;
in putrefaction, 54
Diarrhœa, 277, 300, 325, 330, 333, 367, 374, 378
Dichroism of blood, 100
Diday, on chancre, 143
Diethylarzine, 288
Diethyl-barbituric acid, 230
Digitalis, 230, 232, 364 et seq.;
Digitaline, 365
Dinitrobenzene, 361
Discharge of lunatics, 221
Dissection, P.-M., 58;
instruments, 56
Dobie, on antimony, 293
Docimasia pulmonum hydrostatica, 170;
pulmonaris, 173;
circulationis, 182
Doe, Justice, on insanity, 195
Donné, M., on rape, 144
Donovan‘s solution, 287
Dowzard‘s apparatus, 270, 285
Dragendorff‘s method (alkaloids), 337
Dropsy, 155, 355
Drop-wrist, 307
Drowning, 63, 127 et seq., 171, 176
Drunkenness, 72, 114, 135, 226, 235
Duboisine, 349
Ductus arteriosus and venosus, 182
Duncan, Mathews, on pregnancy, 153;
on superfœtation, 186
Dupuytren, M., on cicatrices, 23;
on fractures, 77, 87;
on burns, 111
Durrant, Dr., on veronal, 384
Dussant‘s method, 269
Duties of medical men, 79
Dyed fabrics, 91
Dyeing, of hair, 26;
and arsenic, 274
Dyer, Dr., on suffocation, 122;
mixture, 265
Dyes, in blood-stains, 108
Dying, declarations, 11, 16 et seq.;
Law cases: Fagent, 17;
Forester, 17;
Holloway, 18;
Mitchell, 17;
Smith, 17;
Whitmarsh, 17;
modes of, 38 et seq.
Dysentery, in poisoning, 235
Dysmenorrhœa, 188
Dyspnœa, 327, 375, 382, 403
Earth, poisoning, 279;
putrefaction, 55
Ecchymosis, 44, 63, 71, 115, 119, 122, 125, 137, 171, 176
Ectopion, vesicæ, 188
Elaterium, 231, 322
Eldon, Lord, on insanity, 192
Electricity, 110, 136 et seq.
Elimination of poisons, 295, 327, 355
Elsässer, on inflation, 172, 176
Elwell, on wounds, 70
Embryo, 35, 36
Emetic tartar, 229, 243
Emetics, in poisoning, 243, 257, 270, 286,
289-300, 345, 365, 367
Emmenagogues, 163
Emphysema neonatorum, 171, 172
Enamel, as poison, 266
Enteritis, 241, 293
Enzemes, in poisoning, 329
Epilepsy, 41, 242, 327, 394
Epiphyses, 33;
table of, 34, 37
Epispadias, 188
Ergot, 229, 232, 319, 328
Erichson, on fracture, 77
Erlenmeyer‘s flask, 283
Erotomania, 203
Eruption of teeth, 33
Erysipelas, 70
Erythema, frost, 135
Eserine, 387
Esquirol, M., on insanity, 196, 197, 201, 203, 204
Ether, 232, 377, 402
Eversion of wounds, 86
Evidence, in Court, 4 et seq.;
of poisoning, 235 et seq.
Examination, in abortion, 162, 163;
Court, 4 et seq.;
insanity, 225;
malingering, 190;
rape, 143, 148;
blood-stains, 89 et seq.;
P.-M., 56 et seq.;
stomach contents, 244
Excitomotory poisons, 388 et seq.
Exemption certificates, 191
Exhumation, 3, 4, 56, 66;
period of, 66
Expenses, Court, 8
Exposure, in infanticide, 178
Extraction of alkaloids, 325, 335 et seq.
Eyes, in drowning, 128;
hanging, 122;
identity, 25;
poisoning, 276, 291, 325, 343, 346, 348, 377, 385, 390;
starvation, 132
Face, in drowning, 127;
P.-M. exam., 63;
suffocation, 119;
in poisoning, 276;
wounds of, 74
Facts, in lunacy certificates, 209, 210
Falls, in fœticide, 177
Farnum, Dr., on rape, 146
Fat, in poisoning, 238
Fauvre, M., on asphyxia, 130
Feeble-mindedness, 198, 225
Fees, medical, 8-10
Feet, in drowning, 129
Feigned diseases, 190
Ferric chloride test (Hcy. acid), 371
Ferrier, Dr., on carbolic acid, 256
Ferrocyanide of potassium, 312, 313
Finger prints, 24, 25;
marks, 125;
nails, 124
Finny, Dr., on opium, 345
Firearm wounds, 78
Fishes, blood corpuscles, 96, 99, 100
Flaccidity, 49
Flannagan case, 278, 279
Flattening of muscles, in death, 45
Flaudin, M., on arsenic, 274
Flax fibres, 91
Fleitmann‘s test (arsenic), 286
Florence‘s reaction (semen), 146
Fluorescin test (death), 44
Fœticide, 159 et seq.;
fœtal heart, 15, 154
Fœtus, 161, 166, 174, 185;
size of, 37
Fontanelles, 33
Food poisoning, 62, 290, 306, 328 et seq.
Fool‘s parsley, 321
Foot-prints, 25, 26, 79
Foramen ovale, 182
Foreign bodies in trachea, 42, 61, 175
Forms of subpœna, 8, 9
Fowler‘s solution of arsenic, 286
Fractures, 74, 76, 77, 120, 129, 176
France, and CO₂ suicide, 121
Fraser, on cacodylates, 290
Friction, in burning, 110
Friedenthal, on blood tests, 105
Frohde‘s reagent (morphine), 341
Fruit-stains, 108
Fungi poisoning, 359
Fusel-oil, 362
Galabin, on superfœtation, 187
Gallard, on abortion, 162
Galvanic test (strych.), 392
Gamboge, 231, 320
Gamgee, on blood tests, 98
Gangrene in poisoning, 301, 320
Ganttner‘s test (blood), 92
Gases, irrespirable, 232, 397
Gastric inflammation, 241, 268, 277, 352, 374, 401;
ulcers, 274
Gay-Lussac, on hydrocyanic acid, 368
General paralysis, 204
Genital organs, 76, 130, 156
Geoghehan, on poisons, 238
Georget, M., on insanity, 195, 201
Gerrard‘s test (belladonna), 350
Gestation, 76
Glaister, Prof., on blood-stains, 96, 97, 100
Glass as vulnerant poison, 231, 265
Gloucester, Countess of, 186
Goadly, on lead poisoning, 309
Goeldner‘s test (cocaine), 357
Gonorrhœa, in rape, 142
Goulard‘s extract, 305
Grand Jury, 5
Gross, Prof., on lung inflation, 172
Grünbaum, on blood tests, 105, 107
Guaiacum test (blood), 100
Gull (Sir W.), on combustibility, 114
Gullet, 59, 247, 263, 278, 294, 301, 330
Gums, in lead poisoning, 307;
copper, 311
Gunshot wounds, 80, 85
Guttman, on caustic soda, 263
Gutzeit‘s test, 270, 285
Guy, on poisons, 231
Habit, in poisoning, 235
Habitual drunkards, 226
Hæmatin, 90, 103, 104, 360
Hæmatoporphyrin, 382
Hæmin, crystals, 101, 102, 256;
test, 92
Hæmoglobin, 91, 96, 98, 102, 103, 135, 315, 399, 403
Hæmorrhage, 38, 42, 73, 75, 80-84, 139, 143, 178, 268,
307, 320, 327, 330-332, 343, 353, 402
Hair, dyeing of, 26
Hale, on rape, 140
Hallucinations, 199, 200
Hamilton, on carbolic acid, 255
Hands, in drowning, 129
Hanging, 63, 117, 121 et seq.;
accidental, 123;
homicidal, 123;
judicial, 126;
suicidal, 123, 124
Haslam, on evidence, 20
Hawkins, on secrecy, 20;
poisons, 228
Head, in new born, 180;
injuries of, 40, 72 et seq.;
P.-M. exam. of, 58
Heart, disease, 42, 81;
drowning, 129, 130;
electricity, 139;
fœtal, 151, 154;
infanticide, 167;
poisoning, 231, 232, 256, 258, 263, 291, 325, 327, 355,
364, 366, 368, 377, 380, 382, 386, 397, 402;
P.-M. Exam., 60;
putrefaction, 54
Heat, death by, 136;
exhaustion, 136, 137;
prostration, 137;
stroke, 136
Hegar‘s sign, in pregnancy, 153
Hellebore, 320
Hemiplegia, 73
Hemlock, 385
Hernia, 75, 242
Hewett, on head injury, 73
Higgins‘ case, 278
High Court of Justiciary, 6
Hildebrandt, on leucomaines, 327
Hippocrates, on pregnancy, 152
Hoppé, Seyler, on carbolic acid, 256
Hume, on rape, 140
Husband, 73, 157, 175, 227
Husman, on antimony, 293
Hutchinson, on suffocation, 122
Hutin, on tattoo marks, 23
Hydrochloric acid, 252 et seq.
Hydrocyanic acid, 229, 231, 232, 239, 261, 367 et seq.;
Hydrogen peroxide, 90, 92, 101, 372;
sulphide, 233
Hymen, 28, 142, 143, 148, 155, 188
Hyoscyamus, 231, 348, 351;
hyoscyamine, 349;
hyoscine, 349
Hysteria and tetanus, 394
Icard‘s (fluorescin) test, 44
Identity of the dead, 28, 66;
of the living, 21 et seq.;
Law case: Parkman, 28
Idiocy and imbecility, 141, 142, 195, 197, 224
Immaturity, in fœtus, 175
Impotence, 187, 188
Incised wounds, 83
India, and drowning, 128
Indictable Offences Act, 18
Indigo, in arsenic, 275, 315;
sulphate, 254
Infanticide, 64, 133, 165 et seq.;
Infanticide, Law cases in: Colmer, 165;
Enoch, 166;
Hewitt, 165;
Poulton, 166;
Reeves, 166;
Senior, 167;
Turner, 166;
Inflammation, 72, 110, 164;
in poisoning, 234, 237, 278, 300, 360
Inflation of lung, 121, 172;
and P.-M. staining, 45
Inheritance, 184, 185
Inorganic poisons, 231
Insanity, 129 et seq.;
circular, 204;
classification, 197;
continuous, 196;
definition of, 192, 193;
delirium in, 205;
delusions in, 193, 196, 199, 200;
hallucinations, 200;
drunkenness in, 205;
moral, 194;
procedure in, 206-222
Insanity, Law cases in: Arnold, 193, 194;
Beverley, 193;
Ferrers, 194;
Hill, 224;
Nottidge v. Ripley, 222;
Offord, 194;
Shaw, 195;
Treadway, 195;
Wilkins, 223
Inspection, medical, 7, 56
Instantaneous rigor, 48
Instructions (P.-M.) of Crown Office, 7, 56 et seq.;
Intestines, 54, 61, 176, 181, 232, 259, 275, 279, 291, 294, 297,
300, 306, 311, 325, 327, 330, 333, 360, 369, 375
Intoxication, 72, 114, 135, 226, 235
Intussusception, 241
Iodide of potassium, 272 et seq., 393
Iodine, 231, 271, 335, 371;
test for hydrocyanic acid, 371
Ipecacuanha, 243
Iron in arsenic poisoning, 289, 313;
in testing hydrocyanic acid, 371;
in morphine, 341;
muriate, 313;
sulphate, 313;
stains, 96, 108
Irrespirable gases, 121, 397
Irritant poisons, 231, 234, 240, 267, 317
Jacquemier‘s test (pregnancy), 154
Jalap, 321
Jaundice, 268, 311, 315, 319, 355, 378, 401
Jörg, M., on infanticide, 169
Judicial authority, 207, 215, 220;
factor, 224
Jury, coroner‘s, 3
Justiciary Court, 6
Justifiable homicide, 69
Keiller, on suffocation, 120
Kellen, on trichiniasis, 333
Kidney, in new born, 169;
poisoning, 233, 238, 256, 269, 278, 291, 297, 300,
319, 322, 327, 355, 378, 382, 383;
P.-M. exam., 62;
putrefaction, 54;
rupture of, 45, 75, 116;
in suffocation, 119
Kiesteine, on pregnancy, 154
Kingston, Duchess of, case, 20
Kleptomania, 202
Kopf, on phosphorus, 267
Körber, on fractures, 74
Kratter, on electricity, 139
Kundrat‘s test (aconite), 376
Labour and fœtal death, 176
Laburnum, 321
Lacerated wounds, 84
Lamson case, 239, 375
Landolt, on carbolic acid, 256
Larcher, on signs of death, 44
Larynx, in hanging, 120, 122;
poisoning, 262;
P.-M. exam., 59, 63;
strangling, 124;
throttling, 125
Law cases in—abortion (crim.), Goodhall, 159:
assault, Case, 68;
Rosinski, 68:
dying declarations, Fagent, 17;
Forester, 17;
Holloway, 18;
Mitchell, 17;
Smith, 17;
Whitmarsh, 17:
identity, Parkman, 28:
infanticide, Colmer, 165;
Enoch, 166;
Hewitt, 165;
Poulton, 166;
Reeves, 166;
Senior, 167;
Turner, 166:
insanity, Arnold, 193;
Beverley, 193;
Ferrers, 194;
Hill, 224;
MacNaughton, 193;
Nottidge v. Ripley, 122;
Offord, 194;
Shaw, 195;
Treadaway, 195;
Wilkins, 223:
malpraxis, Butchell, 190;
Williamson, 190:
medical evidence, Patmore, 19:
murder, Cornier, 203;
Deeming, 203:
poisoning, Blandy, 240;
Cramp, 228;
Flannigan, 278;
Garner, 240;
Geering, 240;
Helson, 240;
Higgins, 278;
Lamson, 239;
M‘Cracken, 278;
Marsh, 294;
Maybrick, 277;
Newton, 278;
Palmer, 238, 390, 392;
Port, 274;
Pritchard, 19;
Spink, 294;
Wooler, 240;
pregnancy, Gloucester, 186;
professional secrecy, Kingston, 20;
rape, Barrett, 141;
Castlehaven, 140;
Cockcroft, 140;
Fletcher, 141;
Groombridge, 142;
Hattery, 141;
Hodgson, 140;
Holmes, 140;
Mayers, 141;
Pressy, 141;
Russen, 140;
somnambulism, Milligan, 206;
survivorship, Underwood v. Wing, 189;
will case, Tichborne, 23;
wounds, Briggs, 69;
M‘Laughlin, 69;
Warman, 69
Lead, 260, 304, 305 et seq.
Leather, and blood stains, 93
Leblond, M., on abortion, 162
Legal criminal procedure, 2et seq.
Legitimacy, 185
Leishman‘s stain, 95, 146
Lemons, oil of, 260
Letheby, on poisons, 229
Leucomaines, 323, 326, 327
Levinstein, on chloral, 380
Levy, M., on copper, 311
Liability of medical men, 12, 20, 148, 222
Liebig‘s test (hydrocyanic acid), 371
Liebreich, on neurine, 324
Ligature, in infanticide, 65
Lightning, death by, 110, 137, 138
Lime, in putrefaction, 55
Lineæ albicantes, 31
Linen, in rape, 144
Littlejohn, on use of books, 19
Live birth, in infanticide, 166 et seq.
Liver, in poisoning, 238, 256, 268-271, 278, 280, 291, 297,
310, 319, 327, 355, 365, 378, 383;
P.-M. exam, of, 62;
putrefaction, 54;
rupture of, 116
Livingstone, Dr. David, 28, 66
Lochia, in pregnancy, 156
Locomotor ataxia, 76
Lolium temulentum, 359
Lord-Advocate, 6
Lucid intervals, in insanity, 196
Luff, on poisoning, 229, 231
Lunacy, 291 et seq.;
Acts, 206, 207, 223;
certificates, 206 et seq.
Lungs in drowning, 130;
new born, 169, 174;
poisoning, 23, 233, 238, 256, 327, 345, 355, 365, 377, 378;
P.-M. exam, of, 63, 65;
putrefaction, 54
Lush, on rape, 141
Lustre of eye, in death, 43
MacCormac, on gunshot wounds, 87
Macdonald, criminal law, 18, 194
Mackenzie, Dr. C., on saponification, 53
Maclagan, Prof., on poisons, 231
MacNaughton case, 193
M‘Weeney, on blood tests, 107
Magnesium method (lead), 309
Magnus test (death), 43
Malignant disease, 132
Malpraxis, 82, 189;
law cases of, R. v. Van Butchell, 190;
R. v. Williamson, 190
Malum regimen, 82
Mammæ, in pregnancy, 152
Mammalian blood, 96, 105
Mania, 200 et seq., 235;
in poisoning, 379, 380, 402
Mann, Dixon, on combustibility, 114;
on lead poisoning, 308, 309;
on meat poisoning, 330
Mansfield, on prof. secrecy, 20
Manslaughter, 69
Marks of the cord, 123, 176
Marsh‘s test, 269, 280-84, 289, 296
Martin, on poisoning, 240
Matrons, jury of, 151
Maturity, of infant, 66, 174
Maudsley, on insanity, 193, 194, 195
Mauser bullet, 87
Maybrick case, 277
Mayer‘s reagent (alkaloids), 335
Measurement of fœtus, 36
Meat poisoning, 328
Meconic acid, 339-43
Meconium, 64, 179
Medical certificates, 11, 208et seq.;
evidence, 11 et seq.;
liabilities, 12, 20, 148, 222;
report, 12
Medicines, in abortion, 171
Melancholia, 203, 204, 380
Meningitis, 110
Menopause, 189
Menorrhagia, 188
Menstruation, 152, 161, 189;
blood in, 96
Mental unsoundness, 192 et seq.
Mercury, 230, 231, 235, 298 et seq.;
salts of, 302 et seq.
Mesentery, in putrefaction, 54
Metal, stains on, 92
Metallic poisons, 231, 245, 331
Metalloid poisons, 231, 267
Metchnikoff, on blood stains, 105, 106
Methæmoglobin, 102, 103
Metzer‘s test (cocaine), 358
Meyer, on pregnancy, 150, 154
Micro-organisms, 50
Microscope, 90, 94, 95, 145
Milk, human, 106, 177;
poisoning, 233, 333
Millar, Dr., on lunacy, 208, 209
Milne, Dr., on pregnancy, 187
Mineral acids, 246;
poisons, 231
Minute of P.-M. exam., 14
Miscarriage, 160
Mitscherlich‘s process (phosph.), 269
Modes of dying, 38 et seq.
Modifying causes of poisoning, 234
Moisture, in putrefaction, 50
Molecular death, 43
Moles, in abortion, 162
Moncrieff, on insanity, 195
Monomania, 194, 201, 203
Monorchids, 187
Monsters, 184
Moral depravity, 194;
evidence, 239, 240;
mania, 194, 198, 201, 202
Morgan, Dr., on pulse tracings, 126
Morning sickness, in pregnancy, 152
Morphine, 244, 337, 339, 341-43
Mortal wounds, 70
Mosso, on leucomaines, 327
Mouth, in poisoning, 247, 259, 263, 278, 291, 293, 297,
299, 307, 311, 322, 330, 369, 375;
starvation, 132;
suffocation, 119
Mucous membrane, in poisoning, 233
Mummification, 53;
of cord, 182
Murder, 68, 69;
law cases: Cornier, 203;
Deeming, 203
Murrell, on cacodylates, 290
Muscles, in poisoning, 238, 310, 327, 390, 399
Muscular spasm, 47
Mushrooms, table of, 359
Mydaleine, 325
Mydriatic alkaloids, 349
Mytilotoxine, 332
Nævi materni, 21, 28
Naphtha, 402
Napoleon Code, 185
Narcotic poisons, 40, 72, 231, 242, 276, 343 et seq.;
Nausea, in poisoning, 277, 293, 299, 330-33, 349,
360, 364, 374, 399
Navel, in infanticide, 64
Necrosis of jaw, 268
Needles, as vulnerant, 231, 265
Neglect of duty, 189
Neill, on gunshot wounds, 86
Nelaton, on chloroform, 378
Nervous system, in poisoning, 255, 263, 271, 276, 277, 286, 288,
297, 307, 310, 326, 349, 351, 376,
377-386, 399, 402
Nessler‘s reagent (ammonia), 264
Neural poisons, 231, 385 et seq.
Neurine, 324
Neuritis, optic, 307;
peripheral, 277, 402
Nicotine, 365
Nipples, in pregnancy, 156
Nitric acid, 250 et seq.
Nitrobenzene, 360, 361
Nitrogen monoxide, 402
Nitro-glycerine, 363
Normal saline solution, 90, 94, 106
Nose, in arsenic, 391
Notes, use of, 19
Notification of births, &c., 12
Nottidge v. Ripley (lunacy), 222
“Noxious thing”, 228
Numbness, in poisoning, 375, 401
Nunneley, on hydrocyanic acid, 370
Nuttall, on blood tests, 105
Nux vomica, 229, 388
Nymphomania, 203
Occupation marks, 29, 30
Œnanthe crocata, 352
Ogston, Prof., 72, 101, 114, 128, 130, 135
Oil of bitter almonds, 62, 373, 374;
lemons, 260
Omentum, in putrefaction, 54
Omission, in infanticide, 178
“On soul and conscience”, 7, 11
Opinion, reasoned, 13, 14;
written, 12
Opisthotonus in poisoning, 369, 390, 394
Opium, 41, 62, 229, 231, 235, 343 et seq., 356
Oral evidence, 18
Order, coroner‘s, 4;
lunacy, 207, 210-13, 215-20
Orfila, on vesication, 112;
on mercury, 301;
opium, 344
Organic poisons, 231
Organs, order of putrefaction, 52 et seq.
Orpiment, 288
Ossification, 34, 64, 65, 174, 177
Otto‘s method (alkaloids), 337, 338
Oxalic acid, 229, 257 et seq.
Oxygen, in poisoning, 398, 400, 402
Oxyhæmoglobin, 103
Pacini‘s solution (blood stains), 90
Paint stains, 108
Painter‘s colic, 305
Palmer case, 238, 390, 392
Pancreas, in putrefaction, 54
Paralysis, 72, 137, 138, 202, 204, 276, 306, 310,
330-33, 344, 351, 355, 378, 380, 382, 387
Parkman case, 28
Parol evidence, 18
Paterson, on ammonia, 264;
arsenic, 278
Patmore case, 19
Pauper lunatics, 220-22
Pavy, on mercury, 301
Penalties, 36, 11
Pencillium brevicaule, 288
Penetration, in rape, 140
Penis, absence of, 187;
erection of, 122, 128;
P.-M. exam. of, 63;
retraction of, 128, 130
Penny, on arsenic, 275
Perforation, in poisoning, 237, 242, 259, 278, 300, 333
Peritonitis, 110, 242
Peroxide of hydrogen, 92, 93, 101
Petition, in lunacy, 207, 210-13
Petty jury, 5
Peyer‘s patches, 327, 330, 331
Pharmacy Act, 228
Phenacetin, 363
Phenazonum, 363
Phenol, phenic acid, 254
Phlyctænæ, in putrefaction, 113
Phosphomobylic acid, 335
Phosphoretted hydrogen, 403
Phosphorus, 231, 239, 243, 267 et seq.;
Phosphotungstic acid, 335
Physiological test (strych.), 392
Physostigmine, 244
Picrotoxin, 229, 234, 358
Pinel, on mania, 201
Placenta, in infanticide, 178;
souffle, 151, 154
Plaster, stains on, 92
Plouquet‘s test (lung), 174
Pneumonia, in poisoning, 299
Poisoning—law cases: Blandy, 240;
Cramp, 228;
Flannigan, 278;
Garner, 240;
Geering, 240;
Helson, 240;
Higgins, 278;
Lamson, 239;
M‘Cracken, 278;
Marsh, 294;
Maybrick, 277;
Newton, 278;
Palmer, 238, 390, 392;
Port, 274;
Pritchard, 19;
Spink, 294;
Smith, 275;
Wooler, 240
Poisons and poisoning, 51, 61, 62, 176, 227 et seq.;
Acts, 228, 229;
action, 232, 234;
administration, 228;
chemical analysis, 237;
classification, 230 et seq.;
definition, 227;
diagnosis, 235;
evidence, 235 et seq.;
experiments, 239;
modifying causes, 234;
P.-M. appearance, 236;
sale of, 228;
schedules, 229, 230;
symptoms, 235
Polypus, in abortion, 163
Poppies, 230
Possessio fratris and patris, 184
Post-mortem examination, 3, 4, 7, 10, 45, 56 et seq.;
Potash, caustic, 262, 263
Potassium salts, 314, 315, 325, 393
Precipitate, red and white, 230
Precipitins, in blood tests, 105
Precognitions, 6
Pregnancy, 67, 76, 150 et seq.;
Diagnosis of, 155;
duration of, 185;
in poisoning, 229 et seq.;
in rape, 147;
signs of, 151-54
Premature birth, 186
Preyer, on blood crystals, 96
Primary flaccidity, 45, 49
Pritchard case, 19
Pritchard, on insanity, 195, 201, 203, 205
Private patient, in lunacy, 210-13, 215-17, 220
Procurator-fiscal, 6
Professional privilege and secrecy, 20, 21
Prosecution, 4
Prosecutor, public, 4, 6
Prussian blue test (hydrocyanic), 371
Prussic acid, 62, 122, 239. (See Hydrocyanic Acid.)
Ptomaines, 231, 232, 323-26, 365, 385
Ptomatropine, 332
Puberty, 188
Pugilistic attitude, in burning, 111
Pulse tracings (in hanging), 126
Punctured wounds, 74
Pupils, in brain injury, 72;
poisoning, 233, 234, 330, 343, 348-52, 364-68,
377, 378, 380, 384, 386, 399, 402
Purging, in poisoning, 242, 258, 263, 268, 276, 311, 313, 320,
330-33, 344, 355, 360, 364, 366, 367
Pus, 71, 93, 106, 113, 143
Putrefaction, 49 et seq.;
in drowning, 128, 131;
infanticide, 167, 171, 172;
in poisoning, 269, 278, 294, 323, 330-33
Pyrites and arsenic, 290
Quarter Sessions, 5
Quickening, 151, 153, 186
Rabbit, in blood tests, 105, 106
Rachford, on leucomaines, 327
Rape, 140 et seq.;
age at, 142;
definition of, 140;
in England and Ireland, 141;
examination for, 142;
in Scotland, 141;
signs of, 143, 148
Rape, law cases in: Barrett, 141;
Cockcroft, 140;
Fletcher, 141;
Groombridge, 142;
Hattery, 141;
Hodgson, 140;
Holmes, 140;
Mayers, 141;
Pressy, 141;
Russen, 140
Ray, on insanity, 195, 197, 202, 203
Realgar (red arsenic), 289
Reception order. (See Order.)
Register of death, 2
Regulations of Crown Office, 7, 56
Reinche‘s test, 280, 283, 284, 296, 303, 304
Relaxation (flaccidity), 45, 49
Reptile blood, 96
Respiration, in infanticide, 167 et seq.;
poisoning, 246
Rete mucosum, 23
Reynolds, on combustibility, 114
Richter, Max, on rape, 146
Rigidity, heat, 111
Rigor mortis, 46 et seq., 136-38, 390
Ritter, on arsenic, 290
Rodger and Girdwood‘s method, 338
Roman law, on legitimacy, 186
Roussin‘s solution (blood stains), 91
Roux, M., on gunshot wounds, 86
Rupture of organs, 242
Salicylic acid, 353
Saliva and salivation, 93;
in poisoning, 233, 235, 272, 276, 298, 299,
301, 304, 317, 322, 364;
in pregnancy, 152
Santa, Dr., on arsenic, 277
Saponification, 52, 53
Savin, 229, 231, 317
Scalds, 110 et seq.
Scammony, 321
Scars, in identity, 21
Scheele‘s acid, 368;
green, 287, 288
Scherbler‘s reagent (alkaloids), 335
Scherer‘s test (phos.), 270
Schönbern‘s test (blood), 100
Schweinfurt‘s green, 287
Scopolamine, 349
Scorching, of wounds, 78, 87, 111
Scourging, marks of, 116
Scurvy, and contusions, 115
Secondary flaccidity, 49
Sedative poisons, 232, 364 et seq.
Semen, 106, 122, 140 et seq.
Sepsis and septic poisons, 74, 79, 80, 112, 164, 232, 323, 334
Sex, 31, 51
Sheep wash (arsenic), 275, 287
Shell-fish, poisoning, 332, 380
Shock, 38, 75, 81, 112, 139, 234, 366, 375
Sickness, morning, in pregnancy, 152
Signs of death, 43 et seq., 118, 127;
delivery, 155, 156;
pregnancy, 151 et seq.;
rape, 143, 148, 149
Silk fibres, 92
Silver nitrate, 260, 265, 280, 283, 288, 370;
test (hydrocyanic acid), 371
Skeleton, in identity, 31, 32
Skin, in burning, 111, 112, 115;
drowning, 129;
hanging, 123;
infanticide, 167, 179;
poisoning, 232, 233, 255, 274-77, 286, 288, 291, 293,
297, 306, 310, 330-32, 344, 349, 355, 368,
369, 374, 375-380, 382, 384, 399, 402;
putrefaction, 55;
strangling, 124;
throttling, 125
Skull, fracture of, 32, 176
Sleep, in insanity, 206;
poisoning, 235, 348;
rape, 147
Snake venom, 232-34
Sneezing, in poisoning, 320, 367
Snuff, in poisoning, 366
Smith, Madeline, case, 275
Smokeless powder, 87
Smothering, 63
Soda, caustic, 262, 263
Sodium theosulphate, 373
Solanine, 352
Solicitors, 5
Somatic death, 42
Somnambulism, 206
Somniferous poisons, 231, 343
Somnolentia, or sleep-drunkenness, 206;
law case: R. v. Milligan, 206
Sonnenschein‘s reagent, 335
Soot and arsenic, 275
Sorby, on blood stains, 93;
cell, 105
Souffle, placental, 151, 154;
uterine, 43, 151, 154
Spasms, in poisoning, 293, 320, 325, 344, 366
Spectra and spectroscope, 102, 103, 112, 136;
in poisoning, 234, 320, 360, 362, 382, 399
Spinal cord, 59, 74, 231
Spink case, 294
Spleen, 54, 62, 238, 278, 305, 330, 378
Spontaneous combustion, 113
Spermatozoa, 95, 144-47, 187
Squill, 231
Stains, acid, 249, 251-54;
blood, 79, 89 et seq., 145;
metallic, 108, 282;
seminal, 145, 146;
vegetable, &c., 108
Starch granules, 125, 179
Starvation, 132 et seq., 178, 243
Stas‘s process, 319, 335, 337, 350, 365, 376
Stature, in identity, 31
Steam, scalding by, 110
Stephen, Lord, on insanity, 223
Sterility, in female, 188; male, 187
Stertorous breathing, 368, 377, 397
Stevenson, on poisoning, 294, 332, 338
Stokes (Sir W.), on wounds, 87;
fluid, 103, 104
Stomach, in drowning, 127, 131;
infanticide, 168;
poisoning, 232, 233, 237, 242, 246, 256-59, 263, 268, 275,
278-80, 288, 291-95, 299-301, 350, 355, 366,
369, 375-78;
pump, 243, 244, 257, 269, 272, 286, 300, 307, 310,
322, 330-35, 345, 366, 386, 393, 402;
putrefaction, 54;
starvation, 135
Stramonium, 349, 351
Strangling, 63, 124 et seq., 176
Strangury, 322
Strophanthus, 230
Strychnine, 229, 231, 238, 244, 337, 342, 348, 380, 388 et seq., 402
Stupor, in melancholia, 204;
in poisoning, 319, 349, 354, 356, 364, 366, 402
Styrian arsenic eaters, 287
Subpœna, 8
Sudden death, causes of, 42 et seq.
Suffocation, 63, 118 et seq.;
infanticide, 176;
poisoning, 243, 246, 330, 368, 390, 402
Suggillation (see Hypostasis), 45
Suicidal monomania, 203
Sulphonal, 230, 282
Sulphur, test in hcy. acid, 37;
dioxide, 402
Sulphuretted hydrogen, 273, 280, 285, 295, 308, 312, 400
Sulphuric acid, 231, 247 et seq., 261
Summons, Court. (See Citation.)
Sunstroke, 136, 137
Superfœtation, 186
Surgical operations, 81
Survivorship, 133, 189
Symptoms, general, in poisoning, 235
Syncope, 38, 72, 118, 121, 127;
in poisoning, 364, 366, 375
Tables—acids, colour of stains from, 254;
symptoms of poisoning by, 261;
aconite v. horse-radish, 375:
alcohol, brain concussion and opium,
distinctions between, 356:
alkaloids, characters of, 342:
antimony and arsenic, reactions of, 296;
symptoms of, 297:
arsenic, in liver, 238;
precipitates (and of cadmium and tin), 281;
symptoms of, 291:
bruises, date of, 116:
caustic potash, and soda, distinctions between, 263:
children, height and weight of, 134;
maturity of, 174:
corrosive and irritant poisons, distinctions between, 234:
dead body, examination of, 71:
diseases, simulating irritant poisoning, 240-42;
narcotic, 243:
embryo, development of, 35, 36:
epiphyses, union of, 34:
fœtus, death of, 181;
measurements of, 37:
insanity, classification of, 197:
lead, symptoms of, 310:
leucomaines, 326:
lunacy certificates, 208-19:
meconic acid (and morphine), reactions of, 341:
mercuric and mercurous salts, reactions of, 302:
mushrooms, 359:
new born, age of, 180, 181;
respiration in, 170:
ossification, centres of, 34:
osseous nucleus, dimensions of, 37:
poisoning, evidences of, 241:
poisons, actions of, 234;
causes modifying, 234;
classification of, 231;
diffusion of, 233, 234;
schedules of, 229, 230:
pregnancy, signs of, 151:
ptomaines, 323, 324:
putrefaction, order of, 53, 54;
time and indications of, 55, 128:
rape, age in, 142;
examination in, 142;
signs of, 148:
rigor mortis, time and causes of, 49:
suffocation, death from, 121:
teeth, eruption of, 33:
tetanus, diagnosis of, 393:
uterus, size of, 157;
weight of, 157:
wounds, types of, 84, 85:
Tamassia, on veins, 25
Tannic acid and tannin, 93, 365, 393
Tar, oil of, 254
Tarchette, on blood stains, 105, 107
Tardieu, on digitalis, 364;
hanging, 122;
tattoo marks, 23
Tattoo marks, 21, 23
Taylor, 52, 69, 70, 113, 164, 165, 194, 227, 231,
233, 238, 339, 368, 382, 397
Taylor, Bessie, case, 294
Teeth, 25, 33, 246, 259, 268, 299
Telangiectasis, 115
Temperature, body, 30, 45, 50, 132
Tests: acetanilide, 363;
acetic acid, 262;
aconite, 376;
alcohol, 356;
alkaloids, 335 et seq.;
ammonia, 264;
aniline, 362;
antimony, 295et seq.;
arsenic, 280 et seq.;
barium, 315;
belladonna, 350;
blood, 90 et seq.;
biological (blood), 105,
(semen), 146;
brucine, 393, 396;
carbolic acid, 256;
carbon disulphide, 380;
caustic alkalies, 363;
chloral, 381;
chloroform, 379;
chromium, 316;
cocaine, 357;
cocculus indicus, 358;
conine, 386;
copper, 312;
death, 43 et seq.;
digitaline, 365;
eserine, 387;
ether, 378;
hydrochloric acid, 252;
hydrocyanic acid, 370;
iodine, 272;
iron, 314;
lead, 308 et seq.;
lobelia, 367;
lung, 170 et seq.;
meconic acid, 335, 341;
mercury, 302 et seq.;
morphine, 335, 341;
nicotine, 366;
nitric acid, 250;
nitrobenzene, 360;
oxalic acid, 259;
phenacetin and phenazonum, 363;
phosphorus, 269;
potassium salts, 272, 314, 373;
semen, 145;
strychnine, 392;
sulphonal, 383;
sulphuric acid, 248;
veratrine, 367;
veronal, 384;
zinc, 265, 313
Testamentary capacity, 225
Testicles, in drowning, 112;
infanticide, 64
Teichmann‘s blood crystals, 101
Tetanus, 64, 70, 235, 390, 394
Tetronal, 383
Thorpe‘s apparatus, 282
Throat, 59, 132;
and poisoning, 232, 246, 259, 276, 293,
294, 306, 330, 332, 379
Throttling, 117, 125
Tichborne case, 23
Time of death, 30
Tidy, on infanticide, 170;
starvation, 123
Tin, chloride of, 265, 281;
tinned food, 331, 332
Tindall, on malpraxis, 190
Tobacco, 234, 365
Tongue, in drowning, 129;
poisoning, 259, 276, 299;
starvation, 123;
suffocation, 119
Toxalbumoses, 329
Toxicohæmic poisons, 232, 334
Toxicology, 227 et seq.
Toxins, 232, 329
Trachea, in drowning, 130;
poisoning, 247, 402;
putrefaction, 54;
suffocation, 118;
tracheotomy, 244
Traill, on bismuth, 314;
croton oil, 318
Treatment (general) in poisoning, 243, 247
Trichiniasis, 328, 333
Trichomonas vaginæ, 144
Uhlenhuth, on blood tests, 105
Ulceration of bowel, 294
Umbilical cord, 174, 177, 180, 182
Underwood v. Wing (survivorship), 189
United States, and murder, 69
Unsound mind, 192 et seq. (See Insanity.)
Uræmia, 40
Urethane, in strychnine, 393
Urine, in poisoning, 238, 239, 246, 256, 258, 276, 291, 293,
297, 305, 309, 311, 349, 370, 382, 401;
stains, 96, 106
Uterine souffle, 151, 154
Uterus, contraction of, 154;
double, 186;
in abortion, 76, 162, 164;
in burning, 112;
delivery, 156;
impotence and sterility, 188;
poisoning, 242, 319, 322, 377;
pregnancy, 76, 153;
injury to, 76;
P.-M. exam., 62, 65;
putrefaction, 54;
superfœtation, 186;
table of size, 157;
of weight, 157
Vagina, 142, 143, 156, 188
Vaginismus, 188
Vagitis uterinus, 170;
vaginalis, 170
Van Gieson, on heat-stroke, 137
Vapour, arsenical, 286, 301;
tests in hydrocyanic acid, 370, 371
Vaughan on, food poisons, 328, 333
Vegetable alkaloids, 335 et seq.;
poisons, 231, 239, 317;
stains, 108
Venesection, in electricity, 139
Verdicts, 6 et seq.
Vermilion, 301
Vermin-killers and arsenic, 275
Vernix caseosa, 64, 179
Veronal, 383
Vesicules, in burns, 110, 111, 113
Violence, in infanticide, 161, 178
Violet powder and arsenic, 275
Virchow and Zenker, on trichiniasis, 333
Virginity, signs of, 144, 149
Vital poisons, 231, 267;
reaction, 45, 61, 79, 112
Vitalli‘s test (belladonna), 350
Volatile poisons, 244
Vomiting, 241-244, 258, 263, 275, 276, 277, 280, 292, 293,
295, 297, 299, 300, 306-11, 313, 320, 330-33, 360,
361, 364-68, 374, 378, 399
Vulnerant poisons, 231, 266
Wagner‘s method, 337;
reagent, 335
Wall-papers and arsenic, 287
Warmth and putrefaction, 50
Warrant, coroner‘s, 4;
Procurator-Fiscal‘s, 7
Wash, sheep‘s (or dip), and arsenic, 255, 287
Wassermann, on blood tests, 105
Water, gas, 400;
lead in, 305, 306;
and putrefaction, 53-55
Watt, on arsenic, 278
Weed-killers and arsenic, 275
Weight of children, 137;
lungs, 174;
uterus, 157
Wendt, on infanticide, 174
Westbury, Lord, on insanity, 195
Whitehead, on abortion, 160
Wightman, on survivorship, 189
Wills, drawing of, 191
Wills, on dying declarations, 18
Wilson, on note-taking, 19;
lead poisoning, 305
Winslow, Forbes, on insanity, 192;
test of death, 43
Witnesses, 3, 6, 8, 18, 19, 223
Wolffe‘s bottle, 283
Womb, in infanticide, 176
Wood, blood stains on, 91
Wool fibres, 90
Wormley‘s test (belladonna), 350
Wounds, in abortion, 163, 164;
causes of death in, 80, 81;
definition of, 69;
in drowning, 129;
examination of, 60 et seq.;
infanticide, 175et seq.;
varieties of, 70 et seq.
Wounds—law cases: R. v. Briggs, 69;
M‘Laughlin, 69;
Warman, 69
Wredin‘s test (live birth), 174
Writ of Court, 8;
lunacy, 224
Wynne (Sir W.), on insanity, 196
X-rays, 77, 110, 114, 115
Yew, 321
Zinc, chloride, 265;
sulphate, 300, 313, 331