THE STANDARD DICTIONARY <>F 1 ACTS 



POISONS A NTT 



Baryta and its Epsom or Glauber's Salt in solution, or 



salts. diluted sulphuric acid. The ti\ 



Lime. also have the same effect as with the alka- 



lies proper when these bases are uncom- 

 bined. 



Iodine. Starch, wheat-flour,' or arrowroot, in 



Iodide of po- large quantities, first well hoi!- 

 taxsium. water. Lot the patient drink 



1 starch, of boiled wheat-Hour ami 

 r, and afterward of a .-trong mixture 

 itf vinegar and water (any acid in which 

 there is oxygen). When this is done the 

 whole process of saving the patient's life 

 is accomplished, ami it will only be neces- 

 sary to evacuate the bowels. 



Cyanide of po- Cold effusion by douche, etc.; chlorine 

 tassium and water, solution of chlorinated soda, aqua 

 prussic acid, ammonia. 



Antimony and Astringent infusions, as of galls, oak- 

 its salts. bark, Peruvian bark, or very strong 



green tea. 



.4 rsen ic and Any oil or fat (sweet oil, butter, milk, 



its com- magnesia in large quantity). Dialy/od 



pounds. iron in tablespooiiful doses, frequently 



repeated, to the extent of eight or ten are 



taken, followed by ten or fifteen grains 



chloride sodium after each dose. Hy- 



drated oxide of iron (recently made), in 



tablespoonful doses, every five or ten 



miin. 



Bismuth and Albumen; copious draughts of milk, 

 Us com- with sweet mucilaginous drinks. 

 pounds. 



Copper and its Albumen, as milk or white of egg in 



compounds, solution, should be freely administered. 



Ferro-cyanide of potassium (freely). 



Vinegar must be avoided. 



Gold, Salts of. Sulphate of iron, with free use of 



mucilaginous drinks. 

 Iron, Salts of. Carbonate of soda, with mucilaginous 



drinks; tea and coffee. 



Lead. Salts of. Albumen, sulphate of magnesia (Epsom 

 salt), sulphate of soda (Glauber's salt), 



POISON- 



ry. 

 Salts of. 



Silrrr. Suits of 



:!tft of. 

 Zinc, Salts of. 



Phosphorus. 

 Gases. 



Creosote. 



Carbolic arid. 



Opium and 

 other nar- 

 cotics. 



Strychnia. 



Aconite. 



Veratrum 

 viride. 



ANTIDOTES 

 diluted sulphate acid, lemonade, opium. 



Albumen, as whito of egg, milk, or 

 wheat -flour beaten up with water, to be 

 followed by an emetic. 



Common salt, freely in solution. 



Albumen, white of eggs, milk, or flour. 



Alhunion, or carbonate of soda, with 

 copious draughts of warm water and 

 especially milk. 



Sulphate of copper, magnesia, with 

 water and copious draughts of mucilagi- 

 nous drinks; oil of turpentine (old), pills 

 of animal charcoal. 



Ammonia, cautiously inhaled, is recom- 

 mended for chlorine. Asphyxia, pro- 

 duced by noxious gases, must he treated 

 by copious cold effusions, especially to the 

 head; hlood-letting, artificial respiration, 

 and stimulants carefully administered. 



Albumen, or white of egg, milk, or 

 wheat-flour. 



Glauber's or Epsom salts. 



The chief reliance is to be placed on the 

 most active emetics (as mustard, alum, 

 tartar emetic, or sulphate of zinc), and 

 the stomach-pump. Emetics are prefer- 

 able to the stomach-pump when the 

 narcotic has been taken in substance. 

 The patient should be kept in motion, 

 and cold water dashed on the hear! and 

 shoulders. Should the above means fail, 

 the electro-magnetic battery, or, if that 

 cannot be obtained, artificial respiration 

 must be resorted to. Belladonna and 

 opium, antidotal to each other. Give 

 strong coffee in poisoning by opium. 



Emetics should be freely given. Ether 

 or chloroform by inhalation, chloral 

 hydrate, bromide of potassium. 



Stimulants, externally and internally; 

 digitalis. 



Laudanum, alcohol. 



STATES, MOTTOES, AND POPULAR NAMES 



