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hints relative to the cafes that are mod likely to 

 occur in fuch fituations, in which thofe remedies 

 may be ufeful. 



Firft, then, emetics are indicated in cafes where 

 from imprudence or negligence any thing has been 

 fwallowed, that we have reafon to believe would be 

 fpecifically injurious by its continuance in the fto- 

 mach. Thus if any poifonous plant, root, or berry, 

 as of henbane, dropwort, nightiriade, or fuch like, 

 has been incautioufly or ignorantly taken, our prin- 

 cipal fecurity depends on fuch poifonous fubftance 

 being evacuated as foon as pofiible, and this can 

 only be done with fafety by means of emetics. A 

 fcruple or half a drachm of powder of ipecacuanha, 

 together with a grain of emetic tartar, may be fafely 

 given on fuch occafions to an adult perfon, and 

 worked off with a ftrong infufion of chamomile 

 flowers, or of root of horfe-radiih. This accident 

 is moft likely to happen to children, with whom 

 the fame remedy may be tried ; fome diminution 

 in the dofe may be proper; but in fuch dangerous 

 cafes it is better to give a full dofe, and the rather 

 as by the quicker and more effectual operation of a 

 larger quantity, the emetic fubftance itfelf is fooner 

 and more completely difcharged, and in general 

 with greater eafe to the patient, than if a fmall dofe 

 had been employed. The fame remedy may be 



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