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DR. AMiNA rao K.M.S MEDICAL COLLEGE ,SIALKOT

FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY. DR. AMiNA rao K.M.S MEDICAL COLLEGE ,SIALKOT. MINERAL ACIDS 1) H2SO4 , 2) HNO3 , 3) HCl ORGANIC ACIDS 1) OXALIC ACID , 2) CARBOLIC ACID 3) ACETIC ACID, 4) SALICYCLIC ACID VEGETABLE ACID 1) HYDROCYANIC ACID ALKALIES CAUSTIC POTASH & SODA.

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DR. AMiNA rao K.M.S MEDICAL COLLEGE ,SIALKOT

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  1. FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY DR. AMiNAraoK.M.S MEDICAL COLLEGE ,SIALKOT

  2. MINERAL ACIDS 1) H2SO4 , 2) HNO3 , 3) HCl ORGANIC ACIDS 1) OXALIC ACID , 2) CARBOLIC ACID 3) ACETIC ACID, 4) SALICYCLIC ACID VEGETABLE ACID 1) HYDROCYANIC ACID ALKALIES CAUSTIC POTASH & SODA Corrosives

  3. It is a corrosive in nature when it is in concentrated form having sour taste and pungent smell & act like irritant when it is in dilute form. Is the main component of vinegar. In undiluted form it is also called Glacial acetic acid. ACETIC ACID

  4. Inhalation: burning sensation ,dizziness,headache,shortness of breath,irritable cough, sore thorat,suffocation.. skin:redness,skinburning,blisters,pain mucous membrane softened &. become yellowish white. Eyes:redness,loss of vision. Ingestion:abdominalpain,diarrhea,vomiting Signs & symptoms

  5. From 60 to 100 ml. FATAL PERIOD: up to 48 hrs. MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT: # Accidental # suicidal # it is an antidote for caustic alkalis. Fatal dose

  6. Stomach wash eye wash milk or lime water egg white or milk of magnesia orally 10 mg morphine(intra musc) for pain donot induce vomit treatment

  7. massive geographic liver necrosis degeneration & swelling of renal tubular epithelium. Postmartumapearance

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