4. DR. AMiNA rao K.M.S MEDICAL COLLEGE ,SIALKOT
FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY

5. Corrosives 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

6. ACETIC ACID
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.

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

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

9. treatment 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

10. Postmartum apearance
massive geographic liver necrosis degeneration & swelling of renal tubular epithelium.