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POISONS AND ANTIDOTES 



Morphine 

 Opium 

 Other Narcotics 



/Empty stomach by syphon or pump, 

 or wash out stomach with sol. 

 potassium permanganate. 

 Warm coffee : ammonia : emetics : 



alcohol. 



Maintain activity of motor centres by 

 keeping patient moving, and by 

 electric shocks : tannin : zinc sul- 

 phate. 

 Strychnine hypodermically sustains 



action of heart. 



Atropine in small doses subcutane- 

 ously. 



v Artificial respiration, if needful. 



f Stimulants. 



-j Alternate hot and cold douche. 



[Artificial respiration. 



(Ergotin : atropine subcutaneously. 



\Cold to head. 



f Copper sulphate : emetics : charcoal. 



-[ Oil of turpentine, old and oxidised. 



[Avoid fats, fatty oils, and alkalies. 



Picrotoxine : Coccu-1, , . ., 



, T ,. ^Chloral : potassium bromide, 



lus Indicus . J 



Pilocarpine : Jaborandi. Atropine. 



JTannic or gallic acid : coffee. 

 | Stimulants : artificial respiration. 

 J Epsom salt : demulcents : ethereal 

 | stimulants. 



Ligature limb : excise wound, and 

 sear with hot iron : antivenin : 

 potassium permanganate applied 

 after lancing wound. 

 Alcoholic stimulants : ammonia. 

 Artificial respiration. 

 Chloroform : chloral : tobacco infu- 

 sion : apomorphine for dogs. 

 Potassium bromide : tannin : paral- 

 dehyde. 



Nitro-Benzol . 

 Amyl-Nitrite . 



Nitro-Glycerine 

 Phosphorus 



Quinine 



Savin 



Snake-bite 



Strychnine : Brucine 

 Nux vomica 



