A general system of toxicology, or, A treatise on poisons, found in the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms : considered in their relations with physiology, pathology, and medical jurisprudence / abridged and partly translated from the French of M.P. Orfila ... by Joseph G. Nancrede.

  • Orfila, Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure, 1787-1853.
Date:
1817
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    INDEX. A Acids (concentrated), varieties of the, p. 131 Aconite, characters of the genus of, 218 Aconitum cammarum, properties of the ; cases of poisoning by the, given by Mathiolus, Bonetus, and others ; arrows formerly poi- soned by the juice of the, 221. ■ anthora, also poisonous, mentioned as such by Hoffman, Solier, Lobel and Prevot; considered by the ancients as an antidote to the other species of aconite, 221. lycoctonum, mentioned by Bauhinus, 221. ' Napellus, characters of, 218; action of upon the animal economy; Brodie's experiments upon the, 219; experiments by Willis and others upon the action of the ; conclusions drawn from the action of the, 220. Acrid poisons, definition of, 205 ; symptoms produced by ; lesions of texture produced by, 235 to 237 ; general action of, on animal economy, 237 to 242 ; treatment of poisoning by, 242. Actea spicata, mentioned by Linnaeus and others as a poisonous sub- stance ; but does not appear to be so, 269. jEnanthe crocata, classification of, 224 ; cases of poisoning by the ; proved to be deleterious, 225 ; cases of soldiers poisoned by the, related by Vacher, 226. jfcthusia Cynapium, classification of; properties of; often confound- ed with parsley ; action of, on animal economy ; case, 306 ; cases by Riviere 307 ; symptoms of poisoning by the, 307. JEustrus, 380. Agaricus acris, description of the, 336. i bulbosus, description of the, 333 ———— bulbosus vernus, 334 ; description of the ; action of the, upon animal economy ; case of the effects of the, 334. . ' conicus, 334 ; action of, on animal economy ; case of poi- soning by the, 335 to 336. ■ muscarius, bug or red agaric, description of the; action of