On poisons in relation to medical jurisprudence and medicine . of holding the cup; it be-came insensible and paralyzed, and died in the chair in a sitting were no morbid appearances, and no hemlock leaves were foundin the body, these having subsided in the cup, and being left in thedregs. The child had been poisoned by the upper stratum of clearliquid, and the residue had been thrown away. The mother wasacquitted for want of proof of criminality, the death of the child hav-ing taken place in secrecy. Analysis.—Hemlock is known from most other plants which resem-ble it by its larg
On poisons in relation to medical jurisprudence and medicine . of holding the cup; it be-came insensible and paralyzed, and died in the chair in a sitting were no morbid appearances, and no hemlock leaves were foundin the body, these having subsided in the cup, and being left in thedregs. The child had been poisoned by the upper stratum of clearliquid, and the residue had been thrown away. The mother wasacquitted for want of proof of criminality, the death of the child hav-ing taken place in secrecy. Analysis.—Hemlock is known from most other plants which resem-ble it by its large, round, smooth stem, with dark, purple spots. Theleaves are of a dark-green color, and smooth and shining. Everyportion of the plant has a peculiar and disagreeable smell whenbruised, resembling cats urine; an odor is brought out when the stem,leaves, or seeds, are rubbed with a solution of caustic potash, whichhas been compared by some to the odor of mice. The seeds of hem-lock (Fig. 77) are peculiar in their form, and are easily distinguished Fig. a. Seeds of hemlock, naturalsize. 6. The same, magnified 20diameters. c. Group of seeds.
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