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GENERAL TOPICS. 



Poison. 



Acids: 

 Sulfuric, 

 Nitric, 

 Muriatic, 

 Oxalic. 



Carbolic acid and } 

 Creosote. 



Alkalies: 

 Ammonia, 

 Soda, 

 Potash, 

 Lye. 



Arsenic. 

 Paris Green, 

 Poison fly-paper. 

 Rough on rats. 



Corrosive 

 mate. 



subli-j 



lodin. 



Opium, 

 Morphin, 

 Laudanum, 

 Paregoric. 



Poison gas 

 coal stove. 



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Treatment. 



Give soap. sod:i. whitewash, or magnesia, mixed in 



water. Produce vt>miting. 

 Give gruel, milk, e.^gs (uncooked). 

 Relieve pain by giving lo drops of laudanum in 



water. 



Give Epsom salts, raw eggs. 

 Produce vomiting. 



Give vinegar, lemon or orange juice, or any acid 



diluted 111 plenty ot water. 

 Give miik, gruel, white of egg, oils. 

 For pain give lo drops of laudanum. 



Produce vomiting if there is none already. 



H yd rated oxid of iron with magnesia in water ib 



the antidote. 

 Give 2 tablespoonsful of castor oil. 



Produce vomiting. Give a teaspoonful of tannin in 



water. 

 Give raw eggs, milk, cas'or oil. 



Produce vomiting. 



Give starch and water, raw eggs, milk, or gruel. 



Produce vomiting. Inject from a pint to a quart of 

 strong coffee into rectum, or give by mouth if 

 patient can swallow. 



Keep patient awake. 



Fresh air ; stimulants, as coffee, ammonia. 



