Legal encyclopedia. Letter T

TOXICOLOGY

- the science of poisons and poisonings.

Types of T:

1) judicial;

2) industrial;

3) food;

4) military.

Judicial T. as a poisoning considers a health disorder with a possible fatal outcome, which arose from the action of poisonous and potent substances that entered the body from the outside. Poisoning does not recognize a health disorder caused by:

1) pathogenic agents;

2) various violations of the exchange;

3) poisonous substances that are produced in the body itself.

By origin, poisoning is divided into: 1) random:

A) domestic - most of the poisoning that occurs due to careless storage of poisonous substances and their use by children, drunk, in a hurry, etc .;

B) medicamentous - poisoning with the introduction of any substances by medical personnel with a medical purpose;

C) professional - are related to the violation of working conditions, his regime and safety techniques;

D) food - develop from different reasons in connection with the use of food;

2) habitual - toxicomania (alcoholism, morphine, etc.);

3) deliberate - can be suicidal (using available poisons - acetic essences, mineral acids, caustic soda and others, less often drugs - drugs, drugs, etc.) or murder (use of strong substances that do not have a special smell and taste, for example, compounds Arsenic).

All substances used as poisons must meet the following criteria:

1) toxic substance can become a poison only under certain conditions (with dose, method of administration, state of the organism, etc.);

2) Poisons must have chemical or physico-chemical effects.

Poison conditions:

1) conditions that depend on the venom itself:

A) the amount of poison;

B) the solubility of the poison in the body - in water, fats;

C) the physical state of the poison;

D) synergism - mutual reinforcement of the action of substances;

E) concentration;

E) duration of storage of the poison and its resistance;

2) conditions that depend on the body:

A) age;

B) state of health;

C) body weight;

D) sex;

E) habituation;

3) conditions that depend on the route of administration of the poison:

A) through the mouth;

B) through the respiratory tract;

C) when administered under the skin;

D) through the rectum;

E) through the vagina.