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GENERAL TOPICS. 



Poison. 



Treatment. 



Acids: 

 Sulfuric, 

 Nitric, 

 Muriatic, 

 Oxalic. 



Carbolic acid and 

 creosote. 



Alkalies: 

 Ammonia, 

 Soda, 

 Potash, 

 Lye. 



Arsenic, -, 



Paris green, [ 



Poison fly-paper, | 

 Rough on rats. -' 



Corrosive subli- 

 mate. 



lodin. 



Opiiim, 

 Morphin , 

 Laudanum 

 Paregoric, 



Poison gas from 

 coal stove. 



Give soap, soda, whitewash, or magnesia mixed in 



water. Produce vomiting. 

 Give gruel, milk, eggs (tmcooked). 

 Relieve pain by giving lo drops of laudanum in 



water. 



Give Epsnm salts, raw eggs. 



Produce vomiting. Alcohol is the antidote. Give 

 whisky, brandy, or alcohol freely if acid has been 

 swallowed. Externally apply alcohol or cloths 

 or cotton soaked in alcohol to the surface burned 

 by the acid. 



Give vinegar, lemon or orange juice, or any acid 



diluted in plenty of water. 

 Give milk, gruel, white of egg, oils. 

 For pain give lo drops of lavidanum. 



Produce vomiting if theie is none already. 

 Hydrated oxid of iron \.'ith magnesia in water is 



the antidote. 

 Give 2 tablespoonsful of castor oil. 



Produce vomiting. Give a teaspoonful of tann n 



in water. 

 Give raw eggs, m.ilk, castor 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. 



Potassium permanganate is antidote. 



Keep patient awake. 



Fresh air; stimulants, as coffee, ammonia. 



