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Coiu-ts, forms of subpoena, 16 — of summons, 14, 22 Cranial fractures. See Fractures of Skull Craiae disaster, 697 Cream case and handwriting. 111 Cremation, law as to, 166 — contraven- tions of, 168 — Regulations of Home Office for England, 167, 168 Creolin, poisoning by, 631 Cresol, poisoning by, 634 Cresylic acid. See Carbolic Acid Crimes and sentences, 19, 20, 199 Criminal abortion. See Abortion, criminal Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, 11 — Law Amendment Act, 1885, 247 — pro- cedure, legal, 10, 18, 29 — neglect and starvation, 243 et seq. — law as to, 243, 246-248, 250— offences and insanity, 568 — law as to, 551 et seq. — responsi- bility and insanity, 551 et seq. — cases of, 570, 582 — law in England regard- ing, 551 — in Scotland, 556 — tests of, 560 Crippen ease and scars, 94 — identity of remains, 124-126 — cause of death, 749— trial, 749 Crockery, wounds by, 298 Cross-examination of witness, 11, 21, 49 Groton tiglium, poisoning by, 795 Crowds, panic-stricken, and suffoca- tion, 386 Crown Agent, 20, 21 — and p. m. exams., 34 Cruelty to children, 246, 248 Cruorin, 373 Crushes of body in accidents, 354 Crystals, of antimony tartrate, 655 — arsenious acid, 647, 671 — blood, 372, 373, 382, 385 — cantharidin, 794— magnesium sulphate, 683 — potassium binoxalate, 629 — pot. nitrate, 683 — strychnia, 753 Cryptorchidism, 396 Culpable homicide, 20 Culpability in wounding, 273 Cultural characters of B. enteriditis group, 801 Cummin on fatal burning, 239 Cumnock poisoning case and insanity, 570, 757 Curare, poisoning by, 139, 819 Curds, poisoning by, 809 Gushing on abortifacient drugs, 432 Cut-throat wounds, 281, 316 et seq. — homicidal, 281, 317-319 et seq.~ suicidal, 316, 321, 323 Cutis anserina, 177 Cyanhsematin, speotrmn of, 379, 735 Cyanide of potassium, as schedule poison, 604 — poisoning by, 731 et seq. Cyanides, poisoning by, 731 et seq. — analysis in, 736 — cause of death in, 734 — crim. administ. of, 732 et seq. — p. m. appearances in, 735 — symptoms of, 734 — treatment of, 736 — uses in arts, 731 Cyaimaethsemoglobin, spectrum of, 735 Cyanosis of face, 185, 709, 715, 806 Cytisin, 772 D Daeoia snake-bite, 816 Da Cruz on fecundity, 407 INDEX 833 Dallioiisie v. Jl'DoncU (Legitimacy), 421 Dangerous Imiatics, law as to, 517, 522 Daiigerovis wound, definition of, 272 Daniel's test, 452 Darling, Justice, on law of criminal abortion, 429, 431 — on procedure in trial of mute persons, 555 Darnel grass, poisoning by, 772 Datiira, poisoning by, 748, 749 Daturin, 748 Davies on abdominal injuries, 297 Day's test, 372, 389 Dead-drunks and body-temperature, 260, 508, 509 Dead, identification of the, 34, 113 et seq. Deaf mutism and criminal responsi- bility, 554, 555 Deafness in lightning-stroke, 214 Death in its medico-legal relations, 133 et seq. Death, by apnoea, 130, 139 — asphyxia, 136, 139 — burning and scalding, 225 et seq. — cold and exposvure, 260 et seq. — coma, 136, 137 — crim. neglect and starvation, 243 et seq. — drowning, 2, 139, 174 et seg.— electricity, 207, 215 et seq. — hanging, etc., 193 et seq. — heat apoplexy, 266 et seq. — light- ning stroke, 207 et seq. — mortal woimds, 269, 272 — suffocation, 184 et seq. — sjmoope, 136, 138 — violence, 18, 19, 32, 35, 272 et seq.— ol new- bom, causes of, 463 et seq. — mole- cular, 133, 144 — signs of, 143 etseq. — somatic, 133, 144 — sudden, 141, 142 — time of, 35, 143 et seq., 154 — sen- tence of, 198, 199 — under anses- thetios, 716-719, 721-724 Death certification, 164 et seq. — by Coroners, 13, 14, 135, 165, 167— medical practitioners, 7, 164-166 — Procurator Fiscal, 18, 166 — penalty for false, 447 Death sentence, 199 — in pregnant woman, 410 Death stiffening. See Rigor Mortis Deaths, registration of, 12, 15, 18, 19, 164 et seq. — svidden, causes of, 141, 142 — inquest in England as to, 12 — inquiry in Scotland as t o, 18 Declaration of prisoner, 20 — dying person, 41 — graduate in medicine in Scotland, 53 Declarator of nullity of marriage, 398, 402— causes of, 398 et seq., 403— law as to, 404 — medical evidence in, 403 — ^procediure in, 403 Decomposed remains and identity, 120, : 121, 124, 130 J Decomposition. See Putrefaction Definition of accident, 29 — of woimds, 269, 271, 272 3w Defloration, 394 Deformifics, iDodily, mid identity, 35, 126 et seq. Degeneracy and insanity, 500 De la Touche on child murder, 476 Delirium in belladonna poisoning, 508, 747 — in lightning-stroke, 214 Delirium tremens and crim. responsi- bihty, 588 Delivery of child, post-mortem, 427 — precipitate, 465, 472 — protracted, 464 — signs of recent in living and dead, 423-425 Delusional insanity, 583 Delusions, 566 Dementia from CO-poisoning, 703 — adventitia and naturalis, 583 Demme on fungus poisoning, 821 Dentists Act, 1878, 8 Deposit of carbon on burned bodies, 227 Deposition of witness, 10 — dying per- son, 43 De Quincey and tolerance of opium, 61 1 Dermatitis and X-rays, 241, 267 — plant juices and wood-dvists, 819 Des Barres on poisoning 'by arrhenal, 640 Desiccation of body. See Mummifica- tion Desiccation of blood-stains, 495 Detention in asylimi, procediu'e in England, 515 et seq. — in Scotland, 518 et seq Deutsch on hsemolytic test, 386 Development of foetus, 114 — preco- cious, 113, 118 De ventre inspiciendo, writ of, 40S, 410 Devereux case, 741 Devergie on genitals in hanging, 196 — vesicle-formation in burning, 229 Diachylon and abortion, 431 et seq. — action on foetus of, 433 Diagnosis of cavises of burning, 227, 228 — poisoning, 611 Diarrhoea in meat poisoning, 806 — mineral poisoning, 619 Dichroism of blood, 372 Diethyl-arsine, 640, 641 Differential diagnosis of states of in- sensibility, 505 et seq. Digitalin, 760, 761 — action of, 762— crystalline characters of, 761 Digitalis as schedule poison, 604 Digitalis, poisoning by, 760 et seq. — analysis in, 761 — symptoms, 761 — p. m. appearances, 761 Digitoxin, 608, 760, 761 Dilatation of pupils in belladonna poisoning, 508, 511, 746— in epilepsy, 506, 511 Diligence, 21 DilHng on blood spectra, 375 Dimensions of \\ounds, 300, 305 834 INDEX Dinitro-benzene and explosives, 697 Diplococcus urcihni', 498 Direction of woiinds, 300 Disease and action of poisons, 611 Diseases, as accidents, 24 — and body- temperature after death, 145 Dislocation of neck, 35, 36 Dislocations, as wounds, 272 — old, as identification, 126 Divorce in its medico-legal aspects, 102, 402, 582 Docimientary evidence, 31 et seq. Donne's organism, 497 Donovan on starvation, 251 Doses of poison relative to effects, 608 Doubtful sex, 71, 120, 396 Douglas peerage case, 417 Dove poisoning case, 612, 756 Dover poisoning case, 612 Dowzard's apparatus, 651 Doyle, Sir Conan, on Edalji case, 99 Dragendorff's process, 763 Drop in hanging, 199 Drowned persons, treatment of, 179 Drowning, death by, 2. 139, 174 et seq. — accidental, 180 — and wovmding, 306 — definition of, 174 — external signs of, 176-178 — facial appearances in, 145— homicidal, 181, 182— in- ternal signs, 178, 179 — of infant in precipitate labour, 465 — period in, 175 — p. m. appearances in, 175, 183 —suicidal, 174, 181 Drugging and rape, 500 Drugging of Animals Act, 1876, 606 Drugs, abortifacient, 45, 431-434, 437, 790 et seq. INDEX 835 Employment of Children Act, 1903, 248— and School Boards, 24S — Potty fSossioiial Cotirt, 248 Endosmosis, 309 Engehnann on menstruation, 405 England, orim. proeediu-e in, 10 Ensor v. Wakefield (professional privi- lege), 57 Epilepsy and crime, 331 — and insensi- bility, 506 Epileptic insanity, 331, 583 Epileptiform seizures and ecohymosis, 285 — sudden death, 142 Epispadias and impotency, 396 Epithelioma, scrotal, and compensa- tion, 25 — of chimney-sweep, 25 Ergot, action of, 431, 790 — active prin- ciples of, 432, 790— acute effects of, 791— as abortifacient, 430-432, 790 ■ — as schedule poison, 604, 605 — chem. anal, of, 791 — chronic effects of, 791 — ^gangrene from, 790 — poison- ing by, 790 — spectrum of, 791 ErsMne on bastardy, 421 Eserin, 766 Esquirol on moral insanity, 569 Ether, administration of, 721 — as an intoxicant, 721 — deaths from, 722 — statistics of, 722 — sulphuric, as schedule poison, 605 Ethyl alcohol, 779 Ethyl bromide, 722 Ethyl chloride and properties of, 722 Etienne onspontaneovisecchymosis, 285 Eucalyptol oil, poisoning by, 782 Eunuch and testes, 396 Euphorbiacise, extracts of, in arrow poisons, 820 Evans on poison of weever fish, 818 Evidence, documentary, 21, 39 et seq. — experimental, 67 — of abortion, 440 et seq. — poisoning, 611, 612 — in the living, 611 — in the dead, 615 — moral evidence of, 616 — by experiments on animals, 616 — rape, 485 — semen, 492, 494— oral, 2, 31, 48— principles of giving, 48 et seq. Exalgin, poisoning by, 785, 787 Examination-in-ohief, 11, 21, 49 Examination, cross-, 11, 21, 49 Examination for gonoeoccus, 497 — in suspected abortion, 441 — of accused persons, 67, 70, 491, 501 — in rape, 491, 501 — alleged insane persons, 516, 517, 519, 520-523, 525-527, 529 et seq. — ^blood-stains, 367 et seq. — dead bodies, 12-14, 34 et seq. — female in rape, 482, 485, 501 — seminal stains, 492 et seq. — of vagina for semen, 486, 501 — ^workmen for compensation, 23 etseq., 70 — witnesses, 48 et seq. Execution by hanging, 199 — of preg- nant woman, 410, 41 1 Exhumations, law and procedure in, 1G2, 103 Exosmosis, 3(ii) Ex parte La Mertu (Infamous Pro- fessional Conduct), 5 Experimental evidence, 67 Experiments on animals in poisoning, 616 Expert evidence, 17, 65 Explosions and gas-poisoning, 697 Exposme, death by, 260 et seq. Extra-uterine pregnancy, 414 Extravasations of blood, 35, 147, 183, 187, 188, 198, 283 et seq. Eye, loss of lustre of, 144 Eyeball, loss of elasticity of, 146 Eyes, angle of, and identification, 106 — condition of, in hanging, 195 F Fabkics and blood-stains, 35, 365, 370, 382, 390 et seq. Face, appearance of, in drowning, 145, 176 — -hanging, 195 — poisoning by cyanides, 734 — starvation, 252 — ■ suffocation, 185 Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, 24, 248 — and notification of industrial poisoning, 24, 666 — Department of Home Oifice and mercurial poison- ing, 666 — surgeon and Compensa- tion Act, 26, 28 Fairlie-Clark on dangers of ethyl chloride, 722 Falk on blood at low temperatures, 262 Falls of debris and suffocation, 184 False certification of death, 169, 171 Farrant's stain, 382 Fatal wounding, 32, 269, 272, 288, 289 et seq., 303, 305, 310 et seq., 319 et seq., 326, 343, 346, 348, 352, 353, 356 et seq. Faulds on finger-prints, 75 Features in drowning, 176 — hanging, 195 Fecundity, 406 Pees to medical witnesses, 15, 16, 22 — referees, 23 Feet, condition of, in drowning, 177 Feigned pregnancy, 1, 405, 408, 409 — delivery, 408, 409 Felo de se, 276 Female remains, identification of, 120, 124 Ferrier v. Gourlay (Compensation), 30 Ferro-silicon and gaseous poisoning, 693 Finchley tragedy, 269 Finger on salvarsan, 640 Finger prints system, 75 et seq. — classi- fication of, 76, 83— formulae in, 78, 84 — identification by, 75 — merits of system of, 91 — types of, 77 et seq. 836 INDEX Fingers, deformities of, 127 Fiulaysoii on rigor niorfcis, l-l-i) Finscn light, otfocts of, -^41 Firearms, wovmds by, 35, 274, 27'J, 285, 298, 299, 301, 362, 363 Fires, causes of death in, 185, 186, 226 Fischer on meat poisoning, 798, 800 Fish, poisoning by, 810 — treatment in, 811 Fishes, blood corpuscles of, 380 — poisonous stings of, 818 Fistula and impotenoy, 396 Fitch on forms of insanity, 583 Flaccidity of muscles, primary, 146 — secondary, 153 — of iris, 146 Flannelette and burning, 227 Flattening of muscles after death, 146 Fleischmann on hanging, 194 Flesh, diseased, of animals and toxic effects, 798 — meat, and freezing, 262 Florence crystals from semen, 495 Flotation of lungs of new-born, 455 et seq. Fluorescin injection, 144 Foam at mouth in coal gas and COj poisoning, 176 — in drowning, 170, 178 Fcetal circulation, 453 — heart somids, 412 Foeticide. See Criminal abortion Foetus and rigor mortis, 148 — age of, 114, 440, 448— development, 114— skiagraphy of, 243 Food poisoning, 612, 798 et seq. — by cajuied preparations, 798 — flesh meat, 798 — coma in, 806 — crim. prosecu- tions and, 811 — diseases of animals and, 798 — outbreaks of, 801 et seq. — pies and, 798 — p. m. appearances, 799, 800— symptoms of, 799— treat- ment of, 811 Foods, alkaloids in, 798 — copper in, 675 — lead in, 669, 798 — micro-organ- isms in, 798-800 — poisons in, 612, 669, 798, 800, 812— tin in, 798— toxins in, 800 Foot-drop in arsenical poisoning, 639 Foot-prints, identification by, 1(19 — in blood, 109, 356, 365 Force in rape, 480, 482, 485, 486 Ford on fungus poisoning, 821 — on toxin in, 822 Foreign bodies in air-passages, 142, 184, 187, 191— and sudden death, 142 Forensic medicine, 1 Formaldehyde or formalin, poisoning by, 788 — analysis in, 790 — cases of, 788, 789 — p. m. appearances, 789 — symptoms, 788, 789 — treatment, 790 Formic acid in HON poisoning, 738 Forms of oath, 45-48 — of reports, 39- 42 — ^of subpoena, 16 — of summons, 1 4, 22, 23 Formula of finger-prints, 84 Foster on Snaefell disaster, 700 Foulertron on carbolic acid jjoisoning, 033 — on effects of naphtha vapoiu', 709 Fowler on fasting, 251 Fox-glove poisoning. Gases, irrcspirablo, and asphyxia, 139 INDEX 837 Gases, poisoning by, (iUl, 697 et seq. — after mine explosions, 097 — anti- moniuretted hydrogen, 691, 695, 699 — arsenixiretted, 380, 607, 691 et seq. — carbon dioxide, 185, 186, 706 — monoxide, 145, 153, 165, 186, 697— coal-gas, 185, 186, 698 et seq. — phos- phuretted hydrogen, 241, 691, 693, 695— water-gas, 699— sulphiu-, 691, 771 — sulphuretted hydrogen, 711 Gases of putrefaction, 153, 240 — of sewers, 711 Gas-geysers and CO poisoning, 186 Gastro-enteritis and poisoning, 611 Gastro-intestinal disturbances in meat- poisoning, 806 — lesions and sudden death, 142 Geets on precocious pregnancy, 417 Gelsemium, poisoning by, 767 General Medical Council, 3 et seq., 55, 602 — and certificates, 6 — composi- tion of, 3 — penal resolutions of, 5, 6, 9 — registration by, 3 — registrars of, 3, 4 General paralysis, 583 Genitals before and after puberty, 488 Genitals, changes after child-birth, 424 — in hanging, 195, 196 — injuries to, in rape, 438, 498, 601 — laceration of, in coitus, 488 Gerard, method of separating morphia, 745 ^ Gestation, period of, 418 Gillies V. Cunningham, 716 Glaister on gunshot wounding, 294 — on heat-stroke, 267 Glanders and compensation, 25 Glass, wounding by, 297, 298 Glass-workers' cataract, 26 Gliicksman on pork poisoning, 807 Golovkoft on cocaine poisontag, 769, 771 Gonioma Jcamassi, toxic action of, and compensation, 25 Gonococcus in rape, 487, 491 — ^cultural characters of, 498 — exam, for, 497 Gonorrhoeal infection, 485, 487 Gooding on absence of vagina, 401 — cocaine poisoning, 771 Gorup-Besanez on strychnia after death, 615 Gosio's test for arsenic, 641 Gosse on hanging, 194 Gouff^ miirder by hanging, 204, 586 Gowers on petrol fumes, 708 Grand Jury, 10 Grant on suicidal hanging, 202 Grease stains on fabrics, 390 Greek fire, composition and action, 226, 228 Grievous bodily liarm, 231, 27'2, 273, 294, 600 Grose on phosphorus poisoning, 689 Groves on ha'inophilia, 284 Guaiacum test for blood, 372, 389 Gull on p. m. combustibihty, 240 Gun-cotton, effects of explosions of, 697 Gxmpowder explosions and CO poison- ing, 697— tattooing, 35, 291, 363— bvu'mng by, 233 Gunshot wounds, 35, 274, 279, 285, 298, 299, 301, 363— appearances of, 35, 274, 288, 289, 298, 299, 363— cases of, 274, 288, 290, 301— missiles in, 286, 288 — p. m. appearances of, 274, 301, 302 Guthrie on precocious development, 118 Gutzeit's test, 650, 691 Guy and Ferrier on adipocere, 155 — on hanging, 195 Guy on on genitals in hanging, 196 H Habit and immunity from poisoning, 610 Habitual criminals, identification of, 72 et seq. Habitual drunkards, law as to, 247, 589 — and care of children, 590 Hadfield's ease (Insanity), 565 Haematin, 369, 373— spectrum of, 375, 378 Hsematology of burns, 239 Hsematoporphyrin, 375, 727 — spectrum of, 727 Hsematoporphyrinmia, 375 Haemin crystals, 372, 373, 393 Haemochromogen, spectrum of, 369, 370, 375, 378 Haemoglobin, 369, 373 — deoxidised, 374— spectrum of, 374, 378, 385 Hsemoglobinuria, paroxysmal, 386, 686 Hasmoglobinuric fever, 685 Hsemolytic action of snake venom, 816 —poisons, 606, 686, 687, 695, 816— tests for blood, 385 HaBmophilia and ecchymosis, 284 Hae-morrhage, deaths from, 138, 142, 306, 325— from wounds, 325— intra- cranial, 137, 142, 341, 505, 507 Haining on abdominal injuries, 296 Hair bulbs in wounds, 298 Hair dyes, 107 Hair washes and burning, 226 Hairs and identifioation, 107, 364, 366, 368— and wounding, 298, 308— in blood-stains, 308, 364 — charges of bestiality, 503 Haldane on deaths in colliery explo- sions, etc., 701 — metliod of esl incit- ing CO in blood, 704 838 INDEX Hall, method of artificial respiration, 180— on diachylon, 433 Hallucinations, 566 Hammer-finger, 126 Hams and poisoning, 801, 806, 807 Hands in asphyxia by suffocation, 185, 1 93 — ^homicidal c\it-throat wounding, 300, 318— drowning, 177, 179— in- stantaneous rigor, 151, 152 Handwriting and identification, 95, 96, 111, 572, 573 Hanging, death by, 139, 193 — acci- dental, 203, 204— definition of, 193— genital organs in, 196 — homicidal, 204, 586 — ^judicial, 198 — marks on neck in, 196, 201 — p. m. appearances in, 195, 198, 201 — proximate cause of, 193 — simulated, 201 — sites of Ugature in, 194, 196, 197 — suicidal, 193, 201-203— statistics of, 193 Hankin on blood-stains, 369 — seminal stains, 493 Harcourt on estimation of chloroform, 720 Harden on nickel oarbonyl, 702 Hare-lip and identity, 126 Hamack on dosage of poisons, 608 Harrington on gangrene from carbolic acid, 631 Harvey v. Bex (Medical Acts), 5 Harwood v. Baker (Testamentary Capacity), 537 Hassall on hairs, 365 Hastings case of starvation, 254 Hawkms, Justice, 13, 55, 56, 259 — on exam, of insane persons, 531 — de- lirium tremens and responsibility, 588 — medical privilege, 56 Hawthorne on congenital scars, 99 Hayward on chloroform poisoning, 716 Head injuries and insensibility, 507, 508 Healing of womids, 307 Health and action of poisons, 611 Heart diseases and sudden death, 141 — woiuids, 326 et seq. appearances, 774 — symptoms, 774 — alkaloid of, 774 — water-, poisoning by, 775 Henderson on poisoning by PH3 gas, 695 Henry, finger-print cabinet and system, 76, 83, 87 Hereditary bodily markings, 71 Hermann on chrome effects, 636 Hermaphroditism, 71, 120, 396, 401 Herschell and finger-prints, 75 Hewlett on precocious development, 118 High Court of Justiciary, 20 — crim. trial in, 21 — summons, 22 Hill Abram on test for lead, 674 Hilliard on status lyrn/phaticus, 719 Hippocratic oath, 52 Hitschman on phosphorus in abortion, 434 Hobday on toxicity of izal, 633 Hog cholera organisms in meat- poisoning, 800 Hoist accidents and suffocation, 184 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, and Parkman case, 131 Home Office and analysis in poisoning cases, 14 — certifying surgeons, 29 — ■ medical referees, 26 — Memorandum on dangers of fast-black dyes, 784 — Regulations for Cremation, 167, 168 Homicidal wounding, 355 Homicide, culpable, law as to, 276 — judicial, 198 Honey, poisoning by, 808 Hoppe-Seyler's test, 704 Horner v. Lewis (Coroners Acts), 15 Horse-radish and aconite roots, 750 Houghton on petrol fumes, 708 Howard's method of artificial respira- tion, 180 Hughes V. Glover, Clayton & Co. (Com- pensation), 29 Hughlings-Jackson on pupils in alco- holic poisoning, 510 Hunter on polydactylism, 128 — on rigor mortis in lightning-stroke, 214 Hydatidiform mole and pregnancy, 415 Hydrocephalus and coma, 137 Hydrochloric acid as corrosive, 231 — ■ poisoning by, 601, 621 — cases of, 622 — p. m. signs, 623 — sale of, 603 — ■ tests for, 622 Hydrocyanic acid as schedule poison, 604, 005— poisoning by, 601, 607, 730 et seq. — discovery of, in body, 615 — froth at mouth in, 734, 735 — p. m. appearances, 735 — soiu'ces, 730 — symptoms, 734 — treatment, 736 — tests for, 736 et seq. — spcctrmn in blood of, 379, 735 INDEX 839 Hydi-oliuoric acid, poisonmg by, 090 — ■ spectrum in blood, 380 Hydrogen, axseniuretted, 649, 050, G91- 695 — antimoniuretted, 662, 695— phosphuretted, 691, 693, 695 Hydrogen peroxide, 370 Hydrogen sulphide, poisoning by, 711 Hydrostatic test, 455 — value of, 462 Hymen, forms of, 483 — intact, 483 — ruptxu-e of, 485 — luxruptured and pregnancy, 484 Hyoscin, 748 — in Crippen case, 749 Hyosoyamin, 74S Hypersesthesia of genitals in female, 40 1 Hyperpyrexia in alcohol poisoning, 780 —heat-stroke, 266-268 Hypnotism, 584 — and crim. responsi- bility, 204, 584, 586— will-making, 585 Hypospadias and impotency, 396 Hypostasis, 146 — and ecchymosis, 147 — cause of, 146 Hyrtl on anatomy of sternmn in sexes, 123 Hysteric coma and insensibility, 507 Icabd's test, 144 Ice-cream, poisoning by, 809 Identification of bodies, 34 — of crimi- nals, 71 et seq. — anthropometric method, 72 — Bertillon, 72 — British, 86— finger-print, 75, 92— Galton's, 87 — Henry's, 76 — by angle of eyes, 106— bodily deformities, 126, 127 — clothing, 35, 448— footprints, 109— form of ear, 106 — handwriting, 95, 96, 111, 572, 573 — occupation mark- ings, 109 — photographs, 86, 106— Bears, 93, 94, 97, 99 — Tamassia's method, 92 — tattoo marks, 101 etseq. — teeth, 112 — use of hair-dyes, 107 — wounds, 108 — of bodily remains, 113, 119, 124 Identity, civil, 93 — criminal, 71 etseq. — mistaken, 95, 128 et seq. — of dead, 131 et seq. — living, 71 et seq. — with reference to age, 113 — bodily de- formities, 113— sex, 113, 120, 124— stature, 113, 123 Idiocy, 583 Idiosyncrasy and action of poisons, 611 Idiots and imbeciles, law as to care of, 515 Idiots Act, 515 Igasuria, 754 Ill-treatment of children, law us to, 246 Illegitimacy, law as to, 417, 421 Illuminating gas and CO, 700 Imbeciles. See Idiots Imbecility, 583 Immaturity of foetus, 440, 448, 407 Imnmnity from action of poisons, 610 Impaction of foreign bodies and suffo- cation, 184, 187 Impanelling of jury, 21 Imperforate hymen, 402 Impostmre of pregnancy, 408, 409 Impotence in the female, 394, 400 et seq. — in the male, 394, 404 Impotency, absolute, 396 Impotency and age, 394— disease, 395 — penile malformations, 396 — rela- tive, 398 et seg.- Roentgen rays, 395 Impression of metallic articles, 214 Impulse in insanity, 566 In possessio fratris, 408 Incandescent system of electric light- ing, 225 Incest, and law as to, 477 Incipient insanity and the law, 520 Incised wounds, 279 — causes of, 279 — characters of, 289— forms of, 280, 297 — homicidal, 300, 307, 314, 316 eSse^., 333, 337— suicidal, 307, 317, 324, 336 Indaconitin, 608 India, anthropometry and finger-print system, 86 Indictment, form of, 21 — of accused persons, 10, 20 Industrial diseases as accidents, 24-26, 28 — electrical currents, 221 — opera- tions and death by electricity, 221 Inebriates Acts, 589 — Committees, 1908, 591 — recommendations of, 591 et seq. Inebriety and crim. responsibility, 587 et seq. Infant Life Protection, law as to, 243 et seq. Infanticide, 19, 54, 394, 445 et seq.~hy bmrning, 212 — cold and exposiu^e, 264 — commission, 445 — cut-throat, 322, 323 — drowning, 465 — fracture of skull, 469 — gunshot wounds, 470— injmy in utero, 463 — omission, 445, 472 — poisoning, 473 — strangulation, 468, 471— suffocation, 185, 471— violence, general, 469 — defence in charges of, 471, 472 — definition of, 445— law as to, 445, 473 Infants, overlying of, 187, 192, 247 Inflammable gases of putrefaction, 240 Inflation of hmgs, artificial, 455, 457 — natural, 454 et seq. Inglis, Lord Justice Clerk, on insanity as a defence, 563 — on professional secrecy, 60 Inhumation of bodies, 133 Injuries and wounds of abdomen, 209, 292, 294, 296, 297, 335, 337, 350— chest, 269, 270, 274, 280, 289, 294- 296, 300, 325, 349— genitals, 337, 355 —neck, 280, 300, 310, 314, 310, 333, 334, 338 — scalp and skull, 209, 281, 840 INDEX Injijries and wounds — continued 289,-290, 313, 339, 340, 356, 357, 3t)-2 — spine, 269, 348 — in buildings on fire, 226 — in utero, 463 Inquest of coroner, 11, 142 — law as to, 11 — institution of, 12 — medical evidence at, 13 — summons to, 14 — on deaths in Scottish prisons, 32 Inquiry by Procurator Fiscal, 18, 19, 142 — by police, 10 — by magistrates, 10 In re Working Men's Mutual Societies (Expenses of Witness), 317 Insane persons and fragilitas ossium, 348 — dangerous, procedure for deal- ing with, 517, 522, 523 Insanity in its medico-legal aspects, 514 et seq — Acts of Parliament anent, 614, 515, 518, 521, 531, 534, 551-554, 556-558 — alleged, and improper certification, 529, 533, 534 — certifi- cate of emergency in, 526, 527 — certi- ficates of, 515, 516, 520-522, 525-528, 534, 535 — and medical practitioners, 516, 519-521, 524-527, 530, 531, 534, 535 — classification of, 583 — crim. responsibility, 551, 556 et seq. — cases of, 535, 555, 568 et seq. — delusional, 583 — divorce and, 582 — epileptic, 331, 583— forms of, 583— impulsive, 583 — incipient aaid iinoonfirmed, procedure in, 520, 523, 527 — law as to, in England, 514 et seq., 527, 551 et seq. — procedure under, 515 — law in Scotland, 514, 518, 556 — procedure under, 524, 559 — law in Ireland, 514 — procedure under, 528 — moral, 568, 583 — notification of pauper asylum deaths in, 536 — puerperal, 583 — recurrent, 583 — separate exam, in, 529, 531 — toxic, 583 — testamentary capacity and, 536 et seq. Insects, poisonous stings of, 812, 813 lusensibihty, causes of, 505 et seq. — differential diagnosis of, 505 — cases of, 512— from alcohol, 508— from diseases, 505 — injuries to skull and brain, 507, 508 — from poisons, 508 Inspectors of Factories and industrial diseases, 26 — in Lunacy, 519 — under Employment to Children Act, 248 Instantaneous rigor, 151 Instruments, wounds from, 279 et seq. — blmit, 282-284— sharp, 279 Insurance of children, law as to, 170, 171, 243, 246 Interment, live, 133 Internal organs, rupture of, 351 et seq. Intestines, contents of in new-born, 461 — rupture of, 142, 353 Infoxieation and crim. responsibility, 587 — and skull fractures, 347 — stages of, 589 Iodine as poison, 018 — poisoning by, 714 Iodoform, poisoning by, 726 Irish famine and starvation, 253 Iron oarbonyl, 702 Iron stains on weapons, 367, 370, 389 Ironing of clothing and blood stains, 369 Irrespirable gases, suffocation from, 139, 184, 186 Irritant gases, 139, 186 Irritant poisons, 637 et seq. — action of, 600, 619 — poisoning, 619 et seq. — p. m. appearances, 619 — symptoms, 019— treatment, 613 Ironworks and CO-poisoning, 701 Isham on body odours, 252 Ismay, Imrie & Co. v. Williamson (Com- pensation), 29 Izal, poisoning by, 631, 633 Jackson v, Jaoksou (Nullity of Mar- riage, and Insanity), 582 Jacob on test for lead, 674 — on chlorate of potash poisoning, 685 Jacquemier's test, 412 Jam stains, 372 James' powder, 655 Jardine on bi-cornuate uterus, 427 Jardini on heat-stroke, 268 Jaimdice, 145, 640, 644, 676, 685, 089, 694, 791 Jeune, Justice, on aphasia and will- making, 550 Jellinck on electricity, 221 Jelly stains, 372 Jequirity, toxic action of, 819 Jex-Blake on electricity and lightning- stroke, 215 Jeyes' fluid, poisoning by, 031, 633 Jones on nickel carbonyl poisoning, 702 Judicial authority in lunacy, 516 Judicial hanging, 143, 198 — lesions in, 200 Judicial homicide in Austria, 200 — Great Britain, 143, 198 — New York State, 223— Spain, 201— Turkey, 201 — Order in lunacy, 515 Juniper, oil of, as abortifacient, 601 Juridical Medicine, 1 Jury, 10, 13, 21, 23— Coroner's, 13, 15— Fatal Accidents Inquiry, 19 — Grand, 10— petty, 10, 15— numbers of, 10, 13, 18, 21, 23— of matrons, 410 — verdicts of, 11, 15, 21 Justice-Clerk, Lord, on rape, 480, 4S] Justices' Covirt, 19 Justifiable homicide, 274 INDEX 841 Kaklinski ou Gartner's bacillus, 800 Kellie on cold and exposure, 260 Kelynack on naphtha poisoning, 7011 Kemiy on insanity and crim. responsi- bility, 556 — on wee ver fish stings, 818 Kidney, ruptivre of, 353, 355 King on X-rays, 242 Kinghorn case of legitimacy, 423 Kingsburgh, Lord, on precognitions, (36 — on Robertson case, 578 Kingsbury and Crofton v. HoA^ard (Hypnotic Influence), 585 Kingston, case of Duchess, 54 Kippenberger on chemical tests for semen, 495 Kitson V. Kjiives, blood-stains on, 370, 389, 391, 393 Kobert on toxic agent in fungus poison- ing, 821 Kockel on arsenical poisoning, 645 Kolle on meat poisoning, 801 Koppe on digitoxin, 608 Kortiiun on carbolic acid gangrene, 631 Krajewsky on cold and exposiu-e, 263 Krause on seminal secretion and X-rays, 395 Kundrat on status lymphatic us, 719 Kimkel on test for CO, 704— toxic agent in fungus poisoning, 821 Labour, precipitate, 465, 472 — jjro- tracted, 464 Labiu-num, poisoning by, 772 Lac-dye, spectrum of, 375 Lacerated wounds, 279, 282, 298 — causes of, 282, 298 — simulating in- cised, 281, 297 Laceration of genitals, 484, 488 Lamb on toxins of venomous snakes, 816 Lamson poisoning case, 67, 616, 751, 765 Landolt's test, 635 Landsberg on precipitate labour, 465 Lankester on rhus^toxicodendron, 819 Lanphior v. Phipos (Malpractice), 279 Larkin on bodily remains,"120 Laryngeal injury in ammonia fumes, 614 Laryngismus stridulus, 184 Latouche on absence of uterus, 401 Laudanum, law as to administration of, 600— sale of, 602, 604, 605— poisoning by, 600, 738-741, 743— p. m. appearances in, 741 — treat- ment of, 741 Laiurel-water, poisoning by, 730 Law regarding age at marriage of female, 400 — male, 394 — burning of children, 233, 247 — by corrosives, 231 — Christian Science practice, 250 — compensation to workmen for accident, 23 et seq. — coroner's in- quest, 11, 13-15 — cremation, 166 et seq. — crim. abortion, 428-430, 473 — neglect, 243 — death certification, 164 etseq., 169 etseq. — declaration of medical graduates, 53 — of prisoners, 20 — dentists, 7, 8 — duration of pregnancy, 418, 421 — dying de- clarations, 43 — electric currents in houses, etc., 225 — exhumations, 162, 163 — Fatal Accidents, etc., in Scot- land, 18 — General Medical Comicil, 3 et seq. — habitual drimkards and custody of children, 590 — in India as to finger-prints, 76 — incest, 477 — indictments in Scotland, 21 — indus- trial poisoning, 24, 666 — inebriety, 585 et seq. — infanticide, 445, 448, 450 — .Judges taking notes of evidence, 22 — judicial executions, 199 — jiu-ies and verdicts, 22 — legitimacy, 421 — live-birth, 446, 474 — lunacy, 514 et seq. — analysis in, 673 — and Cenipensa- 842 INDEX Lead — continued tion Act, 24, (jOy — acute, 670 — chronic, 672 — electrolytic estimation, 073 — industrial, 24, 669, 672 — mag- nesium wire test, 674 — p. m. appear- ances, 672— sources of, 24, 432, 669 —tests for, 673— treatment of, 673 Lediard on spontaneous eoohymosis, 285 Le Dosseur on charcoal fumes, 700 Lee-Metford bullet wounds, 287 Legal consent, 471, 481 — Medicine, 1 — procedure, orim., in England, 10 — ■ Ireland, 10 — Scotland, 18 — p. m. exams., 14, 32, 33 Legitimacy arid pregnancy, 394, 421 Lemon, salts of, poisoning by, 629 Leotade case of rape of the dead, 498 Lesions from burning, 227 — corrosives, 231- lightning-stroke, 213, 214— of neck in executions, 200 Letheby on definition of poison, 599 Leucomaines, 768 Leucorrheal stains, 491 Leuret on vesicle formation, 229 Leviuson on chemical tests for semen, 495 Lewin on carbolic acid poisoning, 633 Liberation from lunatic asylum, law as to, 523 Li6bault on hypnotic influence, 585 Li6geois on hypnotic influence, 585 Life Assurance Act, 1774, 245 — Com- panies Acts, 1870-1872, 245, 246 Ligature, forms of, in hanging, 198 — line of, in hanging, 196 — marks on body, 35 — neck, 197, 198 — colours of, 198 Lighting, electric, forms of, and risks, 225 Lightning prints, 213 Lightning-stroke, death by, and body temperature, 145 — and rigor mortis, 149, 214 — appearances of body in, 208 et seq. — arborescent markings in, 210, 212, 213— burning in, 208 et seq. — cases of, 207 et seq. — cause of, 207 — clothing after, 208 et seq. — con- ductivity in, 207 — death-rates from, 207 — eochjrmoses in, 214 — lesions from, 208, 213 et seq. — magnetisa- tion of articles in, 214 — p. m. appear- ances in, 214 — seasonal conditions and, 207— statistics of, 207 Lime burning and kilns and CO poison- ing, 186, 700 Line of ligature in hanging, etc., 190 LinecF, atbicantes, 120 Ijiquids, corrosive, biu'ning by, 22(), 231 ft seq. — signs of, 227, 231 et seq. — stains from, 231 et seq. Liquor sanguinis, specific gravity of, 309 Littlejohu on arsenic in intestines, 646 Live-birth, changes in navel after, 449 — definition of, 446, 474— general signs of, 462, 475— pulmonary signs of, 452 et seq. Live intermient, 133, 134 Liver, rupture of, 352 Lividity, cadaveric. See Hypostasis Livingstone, identification of body of, 130 Lobelia, poisoning by, 778 Local Authorities and Infant Life Protection Act, 244 Local Government Act, 1888, 12 Locke on blood in burning, 239 Loconxotor ataxia and impotency, 395 Logwood stains, 372 Looof on vaginal laceration, 488 Lord Advocate and crim. prosecutions, 18 — p. m. exams., 34 — sudden deaths, 18 Lord Advocates. Gray (Crim. Abortion), 431 — Robertson and Kempt, 435 — Mmm, 435— Bell Todd, 437— Scott (Infanticide and Live-birth), 474 — M'Coll (Incest), 475— Lifiey (Rape and Wounding), 498 — Sweenie (Rape during Sleep), 500— M'Ewan, 500— Robertson (Insane Prisoner), 559, 578 —Brown, 559, 570, 757— Milne, 563 — Madeleine Smith (Poisoning), 612, 645, 654— Pritchard, 612, 617, 663 — Gilmoiu^, 653 — Webster, 654— Bryson (Crim. Use of Chloral), 725— Watsons (Poisoning by Cyanide), 732 —Walker (Poisoning by HCN), 736— Cochrane (Poisoning by Food), 811 Lorrain Smith on CO poisoning, 703 Loss of memory in lightning-stroke, 214 Loudon on hairs, 364 Lowndes on navel-string, 461 Lmiacy. See Insanity Lunacy certificates, 515, 516, 519, 525, 528 et seq. — emergency, 526 — legal forms of, 516, 526 — certification, 516, 518-520, 525, 526, 528— schedule, 524, 525— Urgency Order, 517 Lunatic and rape, 479, 481 — dangerous, law as to, 522— definition of, 525, 526 — crim., law as to, 551 et seq. Lung diseases and asphyxia, 139 — ■ sudden death, 142 Lvuigs in asphyxia, appearances of, 140 — drowning, 178, 179 — new-born infants, 452, 462, 475 — suffocation, ' 186, 192 — and hydrostatic test, 455 — putrefaction, 457, 459 — static test, 455 — Placzek's test, 400 — artificial inflation of, 457 — atelectasis of, 457 — colour of, 454 — foetal condition of, 453, 454 — flotation of, 455 et seq. — microscopic appearances of, 454 — poisons acting on, 607 — pneumonic INDEX 843 Lungs — continued state of, 455 — specific gravity of, 45(j — ^volume of, 224 — womids of, 286, 296, 315, 329, 331 Lustre of eye, loss of, 144 Lynching by burning, 237 — hanging, 204 Lysol, poisoning by, 634 M MacCobmac on gunshot wounds, 287 Maodonald on force in rape, 480 Maceration of body of foetus, 452 MacEwan v. Sir P. Heron Watson (Pro- fessional Secrecy), 60 Macewen on body temperature in alco- holic poisoning, 509 — ^pxipillary con- dition in, 509, 510 Macgregor on double uterus, 427 Mackay on arborescent marks, 210, 213 M'Kendrick and Snodgrass on nickel caibonyl, 702 — on carbon tetra- chloride, 723 Maclagan on arsenic in sugar, 812 Maclagan's test for cocaine, 771 MacLaren, Lord, on age and rape, 481 M'Naghten case (Insanity), 562 M'Naughton on vagitus uterinus, 459 Macphail on fecundity, 407 MaoVea on Ughtning stroke, 215 Mac William on asphyxia, 140 Madder, spectrum of, 375 Madeleine Smith case (Poisoning by Arsenic), 612 Magnan on cocaine habit, 770 Magnesium wire test for lead, 074 Magnetisation of articles, 214 Magnus' test, 143 Makius on bullet wounds, 288 Malapraxis, 276, 425 — cases of, 277 — definition of, 277 — law as to, 277-279 Male remains, identification of, 120 Malformations and impotency, 396 Maljean on blood and low temperatures, 262 Malnutrition in chronic arsenical poison- ing, 644 — in starvation, 248-250 Maltreatment of lunatics, law as to, 521 Mammae, supplementary, 126 Mammalia, blood corpuscles of, 380 Mammary changes, 411, 424, 426, 483, 485 Manganese, poisoning by, 681 Mania, 583 Mansfield, Lord, on professional privi- lege, 54 Maretin, poisoning by, 785, 786 Marks on neck in hanging, etc., 197, 198, 201 ]\Iarriage, 394, 402— and pre-comiuljial insanity, 582— law as to, 394, 400, 402— nullity of, 102, 394, 398, 402, 404 Marsh's process in arsenic, 639, 649, 671 —antimony, 662, 671, 691 Martin on combustibility of gastric gases, 240 Mason v. Marshall (Certification of Insane Person), 534 Masque ecchymotique, 285 Massanek on petrol fumes, 709 Massoin on lethal dosage of poisons, 607 Matches, poisoning by, 688, 689 Matthews Duncan on corpus luteum, 416 Matting of fibres in blood-stains, 365, 367 Mauser bullet wounds, 287 Maybrick poisoning case, 172, 654 Meat, freezing or chilhng of, and effects on blood, 262 Meat poisoning, 798 et seq. — diagnosis of, 801, 806— forms of, 798— incuba- tion period in, 800 — micro-organisms in, 798, 799, 801— outbreaks of, 801 et seq. — p. m. ],. m. exams., 14, 32 et seq. — rela- tions of sexual fmictions, 394 et seq. —of wounds, 271— reports, 32, 38 et seq. 844 INDEX Modinal, poisoning by, 729 — as schedule poison, 604 Melancholia, 583 Membranous exudations and suffoca- tion, 184 Memoranda, use of in law Com-ts, 42 Meningitis in death by burning, 229 Menstrual blood, 382 — ^period relative to duration of pregnancy, 400, 405, 407 ilenstruation, cessation of, 400, 407, 411 — climatic conditions and, 405 — pregnancy and, 400, 405, 406 Jlercier on hmacy certificates, 533 Blercurial poisoning, industrial, and compensation, 24, 666 Mercurial salts, poisoning by, 664 — symptoms of, 665 Mercuric chloride, poisoning by, 663, 665, 668 — iodide, as schedule poison, 604, 605 — nitrate poisoning, 666, 669 — sidphocyanide as schedule poison, 604 Mercury, ammoniated, as schedule poison, 605 MercLU'y, poisoning by, 436, 663, 665, 668, 669 — analysis in, 667 — medico- legal trials for, 668, 669 — p. m. ap- pearances, 666 — preparations \ised in, 663-665, 668, 669— sources of, 663, 664 — symptoms, acute, 665 — chronic, 666 — treatment in, 667 Mesmerism, 584 Metallic salts, poisoning by, 682 Metalnikoff on precipitin test, 387 Methasmoglobin and spectrum, 373, 374, 378, 380 Methsemoglobinaemia, 787, 806 Methyl alcohol, poisoning by, 778 Methyl-di-sodic arsenate, poisoning by, 640 Metro-peritonitis in abortion, 448 Sletropolitan Police Rules for medical exam, of prisoners, 69 Jletzer's test for cocaine, 771 Microbic diseases and p. m. tempera- ture, 145 Micro-organisms and food poisoning, 798-800— putrefaction, 153, 161 ilicroscopic exam, of blood, 369, 393 —hairs, 308, 309, 311, 312. 364, 366, 368, 503— seminal stains, 492 et seg. — sublimates, 638, 648, 662, 667, 671 Micro-spectroscope, 376 31iddle-ear test of live-birth, 462 Jlilk poisoning, 808, 809 Milk teeth, eruption of, 116 Miller on absence of vagina, 401 Milward on precocious dovplojimcnl, 118 ^Mineral poisons, 61 S Mineral acids, 606, 619 ct serj. — action of, 606, 619 — p. m. appearances in Mineral acids — continued poisoning by, 619 — symptoms, 619 — treatment in poisoning by, 620 Miscarriage. See Abortion Mis-identification, 95 Mistaken identity, 95, 128 — Beck case of, 95— Edalji case of, 97 Mitscherlich's test, 690 Moisture aaid putrefaction, 156, 161, 162 Molecular death, 132, 144 Molecular life, 132, 145, 306 Moles in identification, 126 Monstrous births and live-births, 449 et seq. Montgomery on signs of previous preg- nancy, 426 Moral evidence of poisoning, 616 — in- sanity, 568, 583 Morchella esculenta, toxic effects of, 821 Mordants, action on blood, 369, 370 Morgan on moulds in arsenical wall- paper, 641 — b. cnteriditis group, etc., 800 Morner on hasmin crystals, 372 Morning sickness, 411 Morphia as schedule poison, 604, 605 Morphia, poisoning by, 607, 609, 013, 738 et seq. — analysis in, 743 — p. m. appearances, 741 — symptoms, 738 — tests for, 743 et seq. — treatment, 741 Morphological characters of B. cnteri- ditis, 800 Mortal wounds, death by, 269, 305 — definition of, 269, 272 — classifica- tion of, 269 Mott on nickel carbonyl poisoning, 702 Mowat on cocaine poisoning, 771 Mrs M. V. Sir P. Heron Watson (Pro- fessional Privilege), 60 Mrs X. V. Whittle and Hutchinson (Certification of Insanity), 529 Miunmification, 156 — cases of, 158, 159 — causes of, 157 — examples of, 157- 159 — factors in production of, 156 — from poison.s, 159, 646, 659 Municipal Corporation Reform Act, 1835, 11— Act, 1882, 12— Corpora- tions and coal-gas supplies, 699. Murder of infants. See Infanticide Mm"der, constructive, 429 Murder by multiple violence, 356 ct seq. —stabbing, 299, 315, 325 et seq.— throat-cutting, 316 c« seq. Murrell on cacodylates, 639 Muscle, chemical reactions of, 148, 153 Muscular relaxation after death, 146 — state and rigor mortis, 149, 150 Mussel poisoning, 810, 811 jMuto prLsoiior and pleading, 554 -Mydriatic poisons, 746, 748, 749 — chemical tests for, 749 JNlytilotoxin, 810 INDEX 845 N N.isvi iu idoutil'ioatiou, 12('> Naphtha, poisoning by, 70U— analysis in, 711— cases of, 709-711— p. m. appearances in, 711 — symptoms of, 711 Naphthaliii, poisoning by, 783 Narcotic poisons, 618 — and coma, 137 Narcotico-irritant poisons, 618 Nash on poisonous fungi, 820 Neale on toxic action of plant j uices, 8 1 S Neck marks in hanging, etc., 195, 10(i, 201 Neglect, crim., 243 et seq. — evidences of, 249 — legal defhiition of, 255 Neiser on precipitin test, 389 Nervous seiziu-es and sudden death, 142 Neuro-paralysis, death by, 138 — in lightning-stroke, 214 Neurotic poisons, 618 Newly-born, definition of, 447 Newton on toxic effects of bee-stings, 813 Nickel carbonyl, 701 — ^poisoning and compensation, 25 — evidences of, 702, 703 — p. m. ai^pearanoes, 703 — symp- toms, 702 Nicloux, method of estimating chloro- form, 720 Nicotin, 778 Nightshade, deadly. See Belladonna Nitre, poisoning by, 684 — cases of, 684 — chem. analysis in, 685 — p. m. ap- pearances, 684 — symptoms, 684 Nitre, sweet spirits of, death from firaies of, 721 Nitric acid as corrosive, 231, 232 — action of, 228 — case of, 232 — sale of, 603 — staining by, 231 — poisoning by, 623— tests for, 623 Nitro-benzene derivatives and com- pensation, 25 Nitro-glycerine explosions and CO gas, 697 Nitrous fumes from explosives, 697 — poisoning by and compensation, 25 Nitrous oxide as anaesthetic, 723 Niven on milk poisoning, 808 Nobele on meat poisoning, 801 Non compos mentis, 583 Non-metallic poisons, 688 et seq. 