Judgment about different types of poison

Sometimes they are judged by the suffering they cause in the body. If something like tingling, tormenting, cutting, corroding appears, then the doctor will know that the poison belongs to the category of hot, sharp, caustic drugs like arsenic, shakka or killed mercury, and if there is a strong glow, pouring sweat, lightheadedness and thirst and turn red eyes, this indicates that the poison poisons only by its heat, such as furbiyun. If hibernation, numbness and coldness occur, then the poison is one of those that causes numbness, and if nothing appears except loss of strength, cold sweat and fainting, then the poison is one of those that are opposite to human nature in all its substance, and this the worst of poisons.

Sometimes poisons are judged by smell - either by the smell of the whole body, when, for example, the smell of opium spreads from the one who drinks it, or by the smell of a separate organ, for example, by the smell of the breath after taking putrefactive poisons - sea hare, aconite or Spanish flies. They also draw conclusions about poisons by inducing vomiting; when the poisoned person vomits, then by eye you can quickly determine the substance that he was given to drink, or it can be recognized by smell and taste. For example, lead oxide, plaster, congealed blood, and curdled milk can be recognized by eye, just as opium is recognized by its smell, and sea hare and frog by the stench of sweat.