Poison
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Medical Jurisprudence. Any substance which, when taken into the living organism, is capable of causing Impairment or cessation of function. Blyth, Poisons. The history of poisoning, and many remarkable early instances of a wide-spread especially, Taylor, Poisons; Archb. Cr. Pract Waterman’s ed.
940; Whact. & StillG, Med. Jur.; 1 Beekman, Hist. Jur. 74.
The classification proposed by Mr. Taylor (Med. Jur. §§ 71, 74, 78) is as follows:
Acids
Alka- 1 1 e 8 and Mineral -J { their Salts. Metalloids.