viu CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER X. 



Food Poisoning : Mytilotoxismus ; Ichthyotoxismus ; Kreotoxismus ; 

 Tyrotoxismus ; Galactotoxismus ; Sitotoxismus ; Ergotismus ; 

 Lathyrismus ; Maidismus 188 



CHAPTER XI. 



The Examination of Poisonous Poods 226 



CHAPTER XII. 



Methods of Extracting Ptomaiins ; Impurities in Reagents ; The Staa- 

 Otto Method ; Dragendorflfs Method ; Brieger's Method ; The 

 Methods of Gautier and Etard ; Remarks on the Methods 230 



CHAPTER XIII. 



The Importance of Bacterial Products to the Toxicologist : CJoniin- 

 like Substances, Nicotin, Strychnin, Morphin, Atropin, Digitalin, 

 Veratrin, Delphinin, Colohicin. Effect of Ptomaiins on Alka- 

 loidal Reactions 287 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Chemistry of the Ptomains : Primary Amins, Diamins, etc., The 

 Cholin Group, Other Oxygen-Containing Bases, Undetermined 

 Ptomains. Tables 248 



CHAPTER XV. 



Chemistry of the Leucomains : Uric Acid Group ; Creatinin Group ; 

 Undetermined Leucomajins ; Expired Air; Urine, etc., The 

 Venoms. Tables 332 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 The Autogenous Diseases 482 



