Poison

In medical jurisprudence. A substance having an inherent deleterious property which renders it, when taken into the system, capable of destroying life. 2 Whart. & S. Med. Jur. § L A substance which, on being applied to the human body, internally or externally, is capable of destroying the action of the vital functions, or of placing the solids and fluids in such a state as to prevent the continuance of life.

Wharton. See Boswell v. State, 114 Gbl 40, 39 S. E. 897 ; Pcople v. Van Deleer, 53 Cal. 148; Dougherty v. People, 1 Colo. 514; State v. Slagle, 83 N. C. 630; United States Mut Ace, Ass'n v. Newman, 84 Va. 52, 3 S. E. 805.