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Poisons, Their Effects and Detection

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Holistic Healing

Poisons, Their Effects and Detection

Alexander Wynter Blyth

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Alexander Blyth opens with the old poison-lore of superstition and closes with the exacting chemistry that replaced it. His vast treatise defines, classifies and hunts every toxin, from quick killers to slow ones. A monumental period reference in the science of poisons and their detection. Enter the definitive Victorian handbook of poison.

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155 chapters

  1. 1POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTION. A MANUAL FOR THE USE OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND EXPERTS.
  2. 2PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5PART I.—INTRODUCTORY.
  6. 6I.—The Old Poison-Lore.
  7. 7II.—Growth and Development of the Modern Methods of Chemically Detecting Poisons.
  8. 8PART II.
  9. 9I.—Definition of Poison.
  10. 10II.—Classification of Poisons.
  11. 11A. Poisons causing Death immediately, or in a few minutes.
  12. 12B. Irritant Poisons (symptoms mainly pain, vomiting, and purging).
  13. 13C. Irritant and Narcotic Poisons (symptoms those of an irritant nature, with the addition of more or less pronounced cerebral indications).
  14. 14D. Poisons more especially affecting the Nervous System.
  15. 15I. POISONS WHICH CAUSE COARSE ANATOMICAL CHANGES OF THE ORGANS.
  16. 16II. BLOOD POISONS.
  17. 17III. POISONS WHICH KILL WITHOUT THE PRODUCTION OF COARSE ANATOMICAL CHANGE.
  18. 18IV. POISONOUS PRODUCTS OF TISSUE CHANGE.

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