Treatise on Poisons / In relation to medical jurisprudence, physiology, and the practice of physic

A methodical medical treatise that examines poisons' physiological actions, distinguishing local and remote effects and mechanisms such as chemical corrosion, irritation, and nervous impressions. It sets out how to recognize poisoning through symptoms, morbid appearances, chemical analysis, animal experiments, and circumstantial or moral evidence, and discusses limits of detection. The work then classifies individual poisons and provides detailed chapters on classes and specific substances—acids, alkalis, oxalic acid, arsenic, mercury, phosphorus, and others—covering tests, signs, morbid anatomy, and recommended treatments. Practical guidance for medico-legal investigation and treatment recurs throughout, with emphasis on differential diagnosis from natural disease and on laboratory and experimental methods.