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Xanthoproteic reaction
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Yellowish discoloration of tissues in nitric acid poisoning due to formation of picric acid
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Carboluria
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Smoky green color urine which turns black on standing in carbolic acid poisoning due to formation of pyrochetachol and hydroquinone metabolites in urine
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Classify poisons
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CINCAM Corrosives, Irritants, Neurotoxic , Cardiotoxic, asphyxiants and miscellaneous Corrosives - Inorganic : Strong acids: sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acidStrong alkalies - sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxideOrganic : Carbolic acid, oxalic acidIrritants : Inorganic irritants and organic irritants, inorganic are metallic (arsenic lead mercury) and non metallic irritants (phosphorus, barium)Neurotoxic poisons: CNS depressants : opium, barbituarates , CNS stimulants: Cocaine, amphetamine, Deliriants: dathura,Spinal poisons : strychnine, gelsemiumPeripheral poisons: Conium curare
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Define a poison
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Poison is any substance which given by any route in any form will produce ill health, disease or death by its local, systemic action or both
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Ideal suicidal poison and ideal homicidal poison
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Ideal suicidal: Cheap, easily available colorless, odourless , tasty / tasteless, highly toxic, painless deathIdeal homicidal: cheap, easily available, colorless, odourless, highly toxic, signs and symptoms resemble natural disease, onset of disease/disorder after a delay of administration, no laboratory test can detect, no post mortem findings
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