Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Text-Book of Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Vol. 2 of 2 The work is divided, for convenience of reference, into two sections, Part I. And Part II., the latter being devoted to Toxicology, and all other portions of Legal Medicine in which laboratory investigation is an essen tial feature. Our thanks are due to the many distinguished men who have aided us in the production of the work by their valuable contributions and we are greatly indebted to the publishers, Messrs. W. B. Saunders Co., for the unfailing interest they have shown in the book, and for the numerous courtesies they have extended to us in its preparation. 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.