ROE ANIC PHY SICLAN, 
) dissolved i in a pint of water, o> a wine fall to be. then. 
every two minutes, to decompose ‘the poison ; after poke USENET z 
- ‘nous drachms or purgatives may be administered. re 
pes ee of silver is precipitated white by common salt. 
ced on burning coals it animates them, leaving a coating of | 
silver. Calcined wath mepreoet ese potash, the silver is reduced. to 
its metallic —— ape 
 Sovnare. ‘or: Zinc. ( White Vitriol.) = ; 2 
Symprows.—A sour taste, sense of choking, nausea, vomiting, 
pain i in the stomach, frequent stools, quickened pulse, face pale,cold 
Seecpitics, but seldom death from the emetic qualities of the poison. 
—Vomiting i is rendered easy by copious draughts of — 
yand particular symptoms to be opposed by appropriate 
u of zinc is precipitated white by potash 
oxide is reduced by calcination with charcoal 
‘Sulphuric Acid, or Oil of Vitriol ; Nitric Acid, or ae 
§ Muriatic Acid, or Spirit of Salt ; Ozxalic Acid, or anid he 
Phosphoric, Tartaric, Prussic. 
a 
Gevenar symproms.—Acid_ burning taste in “the mouth, acute : 
ain at, somaeh and bowels, frequent sorties of ‘ploody — 
s with ‘, or alkaline carbonates, and red- — 
0 2 ype. iss = 
th drink i increasing the pain, and sel- 
nt but vain efforts to make water ; cold 
mienance, cues death, 
 "Trearmeyt.—Mix an ounce of n magnesia ith aq 
_ Water, and give a wine-glassful every two amin , 
- chalk: and water may be used till the magnesia. is procu nj 
_ ing may be excited by tickling the throat. ‘Dilventa fo * takend 
er the poison is neutralized or ejected. f 
phuric acid has been swallowed, water alone should not be 
nor should calcined. magnesia with water be given; but the 
» common carbonate of magnesia with water may be given freely. Te : 
these precautions be not observed, there is too much NesPeCnenet 
in the stomach. 
If acid of sugar | has, been taken, chalk and water. is profirable to 
magnesia. e 
If prussie acid. has been taken, emetics are to be administered : 
anh as little delay as possible, and after their ration, oil of turpen- 
tine, brandy, and. other stimulants ca pated rousing the syste 
should be perseveringly employed, wee warm friction and blisters. 
- pienounlly. alkalies are the proper antidotes to acids, and vice 7 
