W.G. AITCHISON ROBERTSON

M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P.E.

NINTH EDITION

LONDON

PREFACE TO NINTH EDITION

PREFACE TO EIGHTH EDITION

CONTENTS

PART I

FORENSIC MEDICINE

PART II

TOXICOLOGY

AIDS TO FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY

PART I

FORENSIC MEDICINE

I.—CRIMES

II.—MEDICAL EVIDENCE

III.—PERSONAL IDENTITY

IV.—EXAMINATION OF PERSONS FOUND DEAD

V.—MODES OF SUDDEN DEATH

VI.—SIGNS OF DEATH

VII.—DEATH FROM ANÆSTHETICS, ETC.

VIII.—PRESUMPTION OF DEATH; SURVIVORSHIP

IX.—ASSAULT, MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER, ETC.

X.—WOUNDS AND MECHANICAL INJURIES

XI.—CONTUSED WOUNDS AND INJURIES UNACCOMPANIED BY SOLUTION OF CONTINUITY

XII.—INCISED WOUNDS AND THOSE ACCOMPANIED BY SOLUTION OF CONTINUITY

XIII.—GUNSHOT WOUNDS

XIV.—WOUNDS OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BODY

XV.—DETECTION OF BLOOD-STAINS, ETC.

XVI.—DEATH BY SUFFOCATION

XVII.—DEATH BY HANGING

XVIII.—DEATH BY STRANGULATION

XIX.—DEATH BY DROWNING

XX.—DEATH FROM STARVATION

XXI.—DEATH FROM LIGHTNING AND ELECTRICITY

XXII.—DEATH FROM COLD OR HEAT

XXIII.—PREGNANCY

XXIV.—DELIVERY

XXV.—FŒTICIDE, OR CRIMINAL ABORTION

XXVI.—INFANTICIDE

XXVII.—EVIDENCES OF LIVE BIRTH

XXVIII.—CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE FŒTUS

XXIX.—DURATION OF PREGNANCY

XXX.—VIABILITY OF CHILDREN

XXXI.—LEGITIMACY

XXXII.—SUPERFŒTATION

XXXIII.—INHERITANCE

XXXIV.—IMPOTENCE AND STERILITY

XXXV.—RAPE

XXXVI.—UNNATURAL OFFENCES

XXXVII.—BLACKMAILING

XXXVIII.—MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE

XXXIX.—FEIGNED DISEASES

XL.—MENTAL UNSOUNDNESS

XLI.—IDIOCY, IMBECILITY, CRETINISM

XLII.—DEMENTIA: ACUTE, CHRONIC, SENILE, AND PARALYTIC

XLIII.—MANIA

XLIV.—EXAMINATION OF PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND

XLV.—THE INEBRIATES ACTS

PART II

TOXICOLOGY

I.—DEFINITION OF A POISON

II.—SALE OF POISONS; SCHEDULED POISONS

III.—ACTION OF POISONS; CLASSIFICATION OF POISONS

IV.—EVIDENCE OF POISONING

V.—SYMPTOMS AND POST-MORTEM APPEARANCES OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF POISONS

VI.—DUTY OF PRACTITIONER IN SUPPOSED CASE OF POISONING

VII.—TREATMENT OF POISONING

VIII.—DETECTION OF POISONS

IX.—THE MINERAL ACIDS

X.—SULPHURIC ACID

XI.—NITRIC ACID

XII.—HYDROCHLORIC ACID

XIII.—OXALIC ACID

XIV.—CARBOLIC ACID

XV.—POTASH, SODA, AND AMMONIA

XVI.—INORGANIC IRRITANTS

XVII.—CHLORATE OF POTASSIUM, ETC.

XVIII.—BARIUM SALTS

XIX.—IODINE—IODIDE OF POTASSIUM

XX.—PHOSPHORUS

XXI.—ARSENIC AND ITS PREPARATIONS

XXII.—ANTIMONY AND ITS PREPARATIONS

XXIII.—MERCURY AND ITS PREPARATIONS

XXIV.—LEAD AND ITS PREPARATIONS

XXV.—COPPER AND ITS PREPARATIONS

XXVI.—ZINC, SILVER, BISMUTH, AND CHROMIUM

XXVII.—GASEOUS POISONS

XXVIII.—VEGETABLE IRRITANTS

XXIX.—OPIUM AND MORPHINE

XXX.—BELLADONNA, HYOSCYAMUS, AND STRAMONIUM

XXXI.—COCAINE

XXXII.—CAMPHOR

XXXIII.—TETRACHLORETHANE, ETC.

XXXIV.—ALCOHOL, ETHER, AND CHLOROFORM

XXXV.—CHLORAL HYDRATE

XXXVI.—PETROLEUM AND PARAFFIN-OIL

XXXVII.—ANTIPYRINE, ANTIFEBRIN, PHENACETIN, AND ANILINE

XXXVIII.—SULPHONAL, TRIONAL, TETRONAL, VERONAL, PARALDEHYDE

XXXIX.—CONIUM AND CALABAR BEAN

XL.—TOBACCO AND LOBELIA

XLI.—HYDROCYANIC ACID

XLII.—ACONITE

XLIII.—DIGITALIS

XLIV.—NUX VOMICA, STRYCHNINE, AND BRUCINE

XLV.—CANTHARIDES

XLVI.—ABORTIFACIENTS

XLVII.—POISONOUS FUNGI AND TOXIC FOODS

XLVIII.—PTOMAINES OR CADAVERIC ALKALOIDS

INDEX

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