First Aid to the Injured 



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A TABLE OF THE MORE COMMON POISONS 



With their prominent symptoms, antidotes, and treatment 



Poison 



Strong Acids: 

 Muriatic 

 Nitric 



Sulphuric (vitriol) 

 Oxalic 



Alkalies: 



Caustic potash and 



soda 



Ammonia 

 Lye 

 Pearlash 



Prominent Symptoms 



Burning sensation in 

 mouth, throat, and stom- 

 ach ; blisters about mouth ; 

 vomiting ; great weakness 



Burning sensation in the 

 parts ; severe pain in stom- 

 ach ; vomiting ; difficulty 

 in swallowing; cold skin; 

 weak pulse 



Antidotes and 

 Treatment 



No emetic. Saleratus ; 

 chalk; soap; plaster from 

 the wall ; lime ; magnesia ; 

 baking soda (3 or 4 tea- 

 spoonfuls in a glass of 

 water) 



No emetic. Olive oil 

 freely ; lemon juice ; vine- 

 gar ; melted butter and 

 vaseline; thick cream 



Arsenic: 

 Paris green 

 Rough on rats 

 White arsenic 

 Fowler's solution 

 Scheele's green 



Other Metallic 

 Poisons : 

 Blue vitriol 

 Copperas 

 Green vitriol 

 Sugar of lead 

 Corrosive sublimate 

 Insect poison 



Phosphorus from 

 Matches, rat poisons, 

 etc. 



Intense pains in stom- 

 ach and bowels ; thirst ; 

 vomiting, perhaps with 

 blood ; cold and clammy 

 skin 



Symptoms in general, 

 same as in arsenical poi- 

 soning. With lead and 

 mercury there may be a 

 metallic taste in the mouth 



Pain in the stomach; 

 vomiting ; purging ; gen- 

 eral collapse 



Vomit patient repeat- 

 edly; give hydra ted oxide 

 of iron with magnesia, usu- 

 ally kept by druggists for 

 emergencies ; follow with 

 strong solution of common 

 salt and water 



Emetic with lead ; none 

 with coppar and iron ; white 

 of eggs in abundance with 

 copper ; with iron and lead 

 give Epsom salts freely; 

 afterwards, oils, flour, and 

 water 



No emetic -with mercury ; 

 raw eggs; milk, or flour 

 and water 



Cause vomiting. Strong 

 soapsuds ; magnesia in 

 water. Never give oils 



