divs lle car ae ae : : 
Tur external appearances of persons suffocated by the deleterious = 
fumes arising from charcoal, various metals, such as copper, lead, — 
antimony, mercury, &c. as well as in consequence of sleeping in 
unventilated apartments, or respiring the foul air of wells, caverns, 
- and mines, are as follow: The head, face, and neck, are swoln ; 
the eyes are propelled from the sockets; the tongue is protruded at. 
_ one side of the mouth; the jaws are closed; the face is of a 
__ and the lips of a deep blue color ; the abdomen is inflated ; 
is insensible to pain, and the person appears to be in a pr 
_ The first symptoms which the patient experiences on inhaling air 
vitiated with these deleterious fumes, are, giddiness, headach, le- 
thargy, fainting, convulsions, and general torpor. gS ee 
Persons cannet breathe where a candle will not burn. The dan- 
ger from damps, or foul air is increased, by their silently extinguish- 
‘ang life, particularly that of fixed air(carbonic acid gas.) The rial 
poison benumbs the sensibility and faculties, so that the perso: 
mersed in it is entirely insensible of his danger, and dies 
struggle, ee a 
As soon as a person is discovered, who has suffered by bri 
any kind of a air, he ae be carried ages are into pure cool 
air, and freely exposed, bei tted in a leaning position on a 
chair. The face should bie spriikied with vinegar, ad the stomach 
with cold water. The legs should be put in a cold bath, likewise. 
After each sprinkling of cold water, rub the skin with flannel or a 
soft brush. Apply hartshorn to the nose, and warm water to the 
feet. Clysters of vinegar and water : and if there appears an incli- 
nation to vomit, promote it by a feather dipped in oil ; continue the 
sprinkling and frictions. The first symptoms of returning life are, 
Shivering and foaming at the mouth. —_ : 
Where the means which have been mentioned fail in lating — 
the patient, air may be introduced into the lungs by means ofapipe 
or bellows adapted to the purpose. Electricity and galvanism may 
_ also be tried. If these efforts prove successful, so that the patient 
seems again to breathe, he may then inhale oxygen gas. When he 
is able to swallow the most proper drink will be vinegar and water, 
orlemon juice, 
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Cott 
ANIMAL POISONS. — 
Tuts class comprises hydrophobia, and the poison of veacimeiiiie 
HYDROPHOBIA. 
