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Excerpt from Wharton and Stille s Medical Jurisprudence, Vol. 2 Since the publication of the third edition of this work in 1873, vast progress has been made in our knowledge of the action of poisons upon the animal economy, and the immense advances which have been made in the domain of organic chemistry have added much to our knowledge of the chemistry of poisons, and have resulted in improved methods of analysis, and, consequently, in the more ready and more certain detection of many of the organic poisons. Therefore it has been found necessary to add so much new material to that portion of the work treating of poisons as to require the assignment of an entire volume to this subject. It will be seen that much more attention than formerly has been paid to the chemistry of the poisons, the most recent tests and the best methods for their detection in cases of poisoning having been added; the latest advances in our knowledge of the physiological action of the various poisons have also been incorporated, and great care has been taken to collect the more recent cases of poisoning, especially those illustrating points of medico-legal interest; for assistance in the collection of these cases the editors are much indebted to Charles Harrington, M.D., Assistant in Chemistry in the Harvard Medical School. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."