POISONS : THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION. 
742 
Phosphorus, Pharmaceutical preparations 
of, 228. 
,, Properties of, 227. 
,, poisoning, Antidotes and 
treatment, 238. 
,, Post-mortem appearances in 
cases of poisoning by, 239. 
,, Quantitative estimation of, 
248. 
,, Sequelae in cases of poisoning 
^ by, 234. 
,, Statistics of poisoning by, 
230. 
,. Time of detection after death 
by, 249. 
„ vapour, Effects of, 235. 
Phosphuretted hydrogen. See Phosphine. 
Physostigmine. S ee^Eserine. 
Picric aci^l and picrates, 480-481. 
Picrotic acid, 476. 
Picrotin, 477. 
Picrotoxin, 475—479- 
,, Effects on animals and men, 
478-479. 
,, Fatal dose, 477-478. 
„ Physiological action, 479. 
„ Separation of, from animal 
matters, 479. 
„ Sublimation of, 264. 
„ Tests for, 477. 
Picrotoxinin, 476. 
Pilocarpidine 425. 
Pilocarpine, 423-425. 
,, Effects of, 424-425. 
,, Pharmaceutical preparations 
of, 423. 
„ Sublimation of, 264. 
,, Tests for, 423-424. 
Pilosine, 423. 
Pilula Asiatica, 561. 
Piperido-aceto-nitrile, 226. 
Piturie, 285. 
Plant poisons, Ancient knowledge of, 3. 
Platinum salts as alkaloidal reagents, 251, 
267. 
Plumstead murder case, 645. 
Poison, Deaths from (table), 26-29. 
,, Definition of, 17-19. 
„ General methods of search for, 
49-56. 
Poisons, Classification of, 20-25. 
Poor man’s friend, 683. 
Potash and soda, 127-128. 
„ ,, Analysis of, 131. 
» Chronic poisoning by, 
130-131. 
>> ,, Effects on animal life, 
129. 
>> ,, Local effects, 129. 
>> » Post-mortem appear¬ 
ances in cases of 
poisoning by, 130. 
>> » Statistics of poisoning 
by, 128. 
*> »> Symptoms produced by, 
129-130. 
Potassic bicarbonate, 128. 
,, bichromate, 716-717. 
,, ,, in the arts, 717. 
,, ,, Poisoning statistics 
of, 718. 
,, ,, Post - mortem ap- 
pearances in 
poisoning by, 719- 
720. 
,, carbonate, 127-128. 
„ chlorate, Determination and esti¬ 
mation of, 136-137. 
,, „ Effects of, 135-136. 
,, ,, Properties of, 134. 
,, „ Uses of, 134. 
,, chromate, 716. 
,, ferrocyanide. Poisoning by, 223. 
„ hydrate, Pharmaceutical prepar¬ 
ations of, 127. 
,, ,, Solution of, 127. 
,, nitrate, Post - mortem appear - 
ances in poisoning by, 
134. 
,, „ Properties of, 133. 
„ oxalate, Pathological effects of, 
549. 
,, sulphate, Action of, 132-133. 
,, xanthogenate, 177. 
Potassium and sodium neutral salts, 1 SS¬ 
LS?. 
„ -cadmium iodide as alkaloidal 
reagent, 253. 
„ cyanide, Accidental and crimi¬ 
nal poisoning by, 
210. 
,, ,, Deaths from, 209. 
.. ,, Estimation of, 222. 
,, „ Fatal dose of, 210. 
,, Post-mortem appear¬ 
ances in poisoning 
_ by, 217. 
,, „ Separation of, 220. 
,, Tests for, 218. 
., ,, Time of possible de¬ 
tection after death, 
222. 
,, -zinc iodide as alkaloidal re¬ 
agent, 253. 
Powell’s balsam of aniseed, 292. 
Precipitin test for blood, 73. 
Propylamine, 522. 
Proteroglyphin, 506. 
Protoveratridine, Properties of, 410, 412. 
Proto-zoacidal drugs, 41-42. 
Prussic acid. See Hydric cyanide. 
Pseudaconitine, 366. 
Pseudo-conhydrine, 270. 
„ -hyoscyamine, 403. 
„ -morphine; 321-322. 
Ptomaines, 515. 
Puff adder, 513. 
Pukateine, 352. 
Putrescine, 526-527. 
Pyman, Jowett, Dale, and Marshall on the 
physiological action of poisons, 38-40 
Pyridine alkaloid of the cuttle-fish, 533. 
