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POISONS : THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION. 
2. Coal-Tar Naphtha — Benzene. 
SECTION PACES 
152. Composition of Crude Coal-Tar Naphtha ...... 141 
153. Effects of Liquid Coal-Tar Naphtha ....... 142 
154. Effects of the Vapour. ......... 142 
Detection and Separation of Benzene. 
155. Purification of Benzene—Conversion into Nitro-Benzene—Conversion 
into Aniline ........... 142 
3. Ter penes—Essential Oils — Oil of Turpentine. 
156. The True Terpenes—The Cedrenes—The Colophene Hydrocarbons . 143 
4. Oil of Turpentine—Spirit of Turpentine — Turps. 
157. Properties of Oil of Turpentine—Polymerisation .... 143 
158. Effects of the Administration of Turpentine .... 144 
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II. CAMPHOR. 
159. Properties of Camphor ......... 144 
160. Pharmaceutical Preparations ........ 144, 145 
161. Symptoms ............ 145 
162. Post-mortem Appearances ......... 145 
163. Separation of Camphor from the Contents of the Stomach. . . 145 
III. ALCOHOLS. 
1. Ethylic Alcohol. 
164. Statistics ............ 145, 146 
165. Criminal or Accidental Alcoholic Poisoning ..... 146 
166. Fatal Dose ............ 146-148 
167. Symptoms ............ 148 
168. Post-mortem Appearances ......... 148, 149 
169. Excretion of Alcohol .......... 149, 150 
170. Toxicological Detection of Alcohol ....... 150, 151 
2. Amylic Alcohol. 
171. Properties of Amylic Alcohol . . . . . . . . 151 
172. Action on Animals .......... 151 
173. Separation of Amylic Alcohol ........ 151, 152 
174. Amyl Nitrite — Properties — Poisonous Effects — Post-mortem 
Appearances. 152 
IV. ETHER. 
175. Properties of Ether. 152 
176. Ether as a Poison .......... 152, 153 
177. Fatal Dose ............ 153 
178. Ether as an Anaesthetic ......... 153 
179. Separation of Ether from Organic Fluids ...... 153, 154 
V. CHLOROFORM. 
CHLOROFORM, TRICHLOROMETHANE OR METHYL CHLORIDE. 
180. Properties of Chloroform—Impurities—B.P. Tests .... 154, 155 
181. The Manufacture of Chloroform. 155 
