POISONS LIST

POISONS LIST

SEVENTH LIST.

Poisons to which repulation 24 (Tran.Rport) applies.
Arsenical poisons
Barium, salts of
Hydrocyanic acid; cyanides
Nicotine
Strychnine
Thallium, salts of

THE POISONS LIST.

(Cap. 138).
(Ordinance No. 8 of 1937).

[1st January, 1938.]

1. In the construction of this List, unless the contrary
intention appears-

(a)a reference to a substance shall include a reference
to that substance prepared either from natural
sources or artificially;

(b)a reference to a substance shall include a reference
to that substance when contained as such in any pre-
paration., solution, admix(ure or natural substallev;

(c)words in the singular shall include the plural,
and words in the plural shall include the singular.

2. This list may be cited as the P'oisons List.

PART I.
Acetanilide; alkyl acetanilides
Adalin
Alkali fluorides other than those specified in Part 11 of this
List
Alkaloids, the-following; their salts, simp~e or complex:-
Acetyl di hydroc od ei none; its esters
Aconite, alkaloids of
Apomorphine
Atropine
Belladonna, alkaloids of





BenzoyImorphine
BenzyImorphine
Brucine
Calabar bean, alkaloids of
Coca, alkaloids of
Cocaine and its salts, derivatives and substitutes including
eucaine, benzoeainen, nolo~caine, tropocaine, tropacocaine
orthoform, acoine,rvanin, alypin, novocaine, stovaine,
procaine, amydrocaine, decicaine, percame, scurocaine, butyl,
amylocaine, benzarnine, diocaine, tutocaine, panthesine,
butesin picrab, ethocaine, phenocaine, melycaine, seuroform,
and impletol
Codeine
Colchicine
Coniine
Cotarnine
Curarine
Diacetylmorphine
Dihydrocodeinone; its esters
Dihydrohydroxycodeinone; its esters
Dihydromorphine; its esters
Dihydromorphinone; its esters
Ecgonine; its esters
Emetine
Ephedra, alkaloids of
Ergot, alkaloids of
Ethylmorphine
Gelsemium, alkaloids of
Homatropine
Hyoscine
Hyoscyamine
Jaborandi, alkaloids of
Lobelia, alkaloids of
Morphine
Papaverine
Pomegranate, alkaloids of
Quebracho, alkaloids of, other than the alkaloids of red quebracho
Sabadilla, alkaloids of
Solanaceous alkaloids not otherwise included in this List
Stavesacre, alkaloids of
Strychnine
Thebaine
Veratrum, alkaloids of
Yohimba, alkaloids of
Allylisopropylacetylurea
Amidopyrine; its salts
Amino-alcohols, esterified with benzoic acid, phenylacetic acid,
Phenylpropionic acid, cinnamic acid or the derivatives of
these acids
Amyl nitrite





Antimony, chlorides of; oxides of antimony; sulphides of anti-
mony; antimonates; antimonites; organic compounds of
antimony
Arsenical substances, the following:-arsenic, lialides of; oxides
of arsenic; arsenates; arsenites; arsenic sulphides; arsenious
oxide; calcium arsenates; calcium arsenites; copper aceto-
arsenites; copper arsenates; copper arsenites; lead
arsenates; potassium arsenites; sodium arsenates; sodium
arsenites; sodium thioarsenates; organic compounds of
arsenic
Barbituric acid: its salts; derivatives of barbiturie acid; their
salts; compounds of barbituric acid, its salts; its deriva-
tives, their salts, with any other subst.ance
Barium, salts of
Butyl chloral hydrate
Cannabis (the dried flowering or fruiting tops of Cannabis sativa
Linn.); the resin of cannabis; extracts of cannabis; tinc-
tures of cannabis; cannabin tannate
Cantharidin; cantharidates
Chloral formamide
Chloral hydrate
Chloroform
Creosote obtained from wood
Croton, oil of
Digitalis, glycosides of; other active principles of digitalis
Dinitrocresols; dinitronaphthols; dinitrophenols; dinitrothymols
Elaterin
Ergot (the sclerotia of any species of Claviceps); extracts of
ergot; tinctures of ergot
Erythrityl tetranitrate
Glyceryl trinitrate
Guanidines the following: polymethylene diguanidines, dipara-
anisylphenetyl guanidine
Hydrocyanic acid; cyanides; double cyanides of mercury and
zinc
Insulin
Lead acetates; compounds of lead with acids from fixed oils
Mannityl hexanitrate
Mercury, oxides of; nitrates of mercuric ammonium
chlorides; potassio-inercuric iodides; mercurie oxycyanides;
mercuric thiocyanate
Metanitrophenol; orthonitrophenol; paranitrophenol
Nicotine; its salts
Nux Vomica
Opium
Orthocaine; its salts
Ouabain
Oxalic acid; metallic oxalates other than potassium quadroxalate
Oxycinchoninic acid, derivatives of; their salts; their esters
Para-amino-benzoic acid, esters of; their salts
Phenetidylphenacetin





Phenols (any member of the series of phenols of which the first
member is phenol and of which the molecular composition
varies from member to member by one atom of carbon and
two atoms of hydrogen) except in substances containing less
than sixty per cent, weight in weight, of phenols; compounds
of phenol with a metal, except in substances containing less
than the equivalent of sixty per cent, weight in weight, of
phenols
Phenyleinchoninic acid; salicyleinchoninic acid; their salts; their
esters
Phenylene diamines; toluene diamines; their salts
Phenylethylhydantoin; its salts; its acyl derivatives; their salts
Phosphorus, yellow
Picric acid
Picrotoxin
Pituitary gland, the active principles of
Savin; oil of
Strophanthus; glycosides of strophanthus
Sulphonal; alkyl sulphonals
Sulphonamide compounds or substituted sulphonamide com-
pounds used for their bactericidal efrect
Suprarenal gland, the active principles of; their salts
Thallium, salts of
Thyroid gland, the active principles of; their salts
Tribromethyl alcohol
Urethanes and ureides (any poisonous member under whatever
trade name or designation)

PART II.
Formaldehyde
Ammonia
Hydrochloric acid
Hydrofluoric acid; potassium fluoride; sodium fluoride; or sodium
silicofluoride
Nitric acid
Nitrobertzene
Phenols as defined in Part I of this list in substances but con-
taining less than 60% weight in weight of phenols; com-
pounds of phenol with a metal in substances containing less
than the equivalent of 60% weight in weight of phenols
Potassium hydroxide
Potassium quadroxalate
Sodium hydroxide
Sulphuric acid
Preparations, solutions, or admixtures retailed in the form as
supplied by the manufacturer (which shall not include a
listed seller) containing a poison within the meaning of the
Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, (excepting preparations,
solutions, or admixtures containing any poison appearing in
the Third List in these regulations) Yhere the proportion
of such poison does not exceed 0.01% by weight of the total
ingredients in the case of arsenic and strychnine and 0.1%
in the case of other poisons.
Lysol and liquids similar to Lysol.
Ord. 8 of 1937, s. 18, Second Schedule. G.N. 351/39. (Cap. 138)

Ord. 8 of 1937, s. 18, Second Schedule. G.N. 351/39. (Cap. 138)

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