Articles from Aids To Forensic Medicine And Toxicology
Camphor
Alcohol Ether And Chloroform
Examination Of Persons Of Unsound Mind
Death From Cold Or Heat
The Inebriates Acts
Inheritance
Antipyrine Antifebrin Phenacetin And Aniline
Nitric Acid
Death By Suffocation
Modes Of Sudden Death
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Tetrachlorethane Etc
=Tetrachlorethane= ('Cellon').--Acetylene tetrachloride; vapour has
caused poisoning in aeroplane ('dope') and cinema film works.
Symptoms.--Gastric symptoms and marked jaundice. This may be followed
in days or weeks by stupor, coma, death.
Post-Mortem.--Fatty degeneration of internal organs, chiefly liver.
=Trinitrotoluene (T.N.T.).=--An explosive solid which stains the skin an
orange colour; may be absorbed through skin or be inhaled.
Symptoms.--Shortness of breath, headache, drowsiness. Later, skin
irritation, gastritis, jaundice, blood degeneration.
Treatment.--Remove from work, rest in bed, diuretics, purgatives,
alkalies.
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