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ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES. 



ARSENIC and its Preparations— Eats- 

 bane, Powler's Solution, etc. 



Symptoms. — Generally within an hour 

 pain and heat are felt in the stomach, 

 soon followed by vomiting, with a burn- 

 ing dryness of the throat and great thirst; 

 the matters vomited are generally colored, 

 either green, yellow, or brownish, and 

 sometimes bloody. Diarrhoea or dysen- 

 tery ensues, while the pulse becomes small 

 and rapid, yet irregular. Breathing much 

 oppressed; difficulty in vomiting may 

 occur, while cramps, convulsions, or even 

 paralysis often precede death, which some- 

 times takes place within five or six hours 

 after arsenic has been taken. 



Treatment. — Give a prompt emetic, 

 and then hydrate of peroxide of iron (re- 

 cently prepared) in table-spoonful doses 

 every ten or fifteen minutes until the 

 urgent symptoms are relieved. In the 

 absence of this, or while it is being pre- 

 pared, give large draughts of new milk 

 and raw eggs, limewater and oil, melted 

 butter, magnesia in a large quantity of 

 water, or even if nothing else is at hand, 

 .flour and water, always, however, giving 

 .an emetic the first thing, or causing vomit- 

 ing by tickling the throat with a feather, 

 <tc. The inflammation of the stomach 

 -which follows must be treated by blisters, 

 hot fomentations, mucilaginous drinks, 

 etc. etc. 



BELLADONNA or DEADLY NIGHT- 

 SHADE. 



Symptoms. — Dryness of the mouth and 

 throat, great thirst, difficulty of swallow- 

 ing, nausea, dimness, confusion or loss of 

 vision, great enlargement of the pupils, 

 dizziness, delirium and coma. 



Treatment. — There is no known anti- 

 dote. Give a prompt emetic and then 

 reliance must beplaced on continual stimu- 

 lation with brandy, whisky, etc., and to 

 necessary artificial respiration. Opium 

 and its preparations, as morphia, lauda- 

 num, etc., are thought by some, to coun- 

 teract the effect of belladonna, and may 

 be given in small and repeated doses, as 

 also strong black coffee and green tea. 



BLUE VITRIOL, or Bine Stone.— See 

 Copperas. 



CANTHARIDES (Spanish or Blistering 

 Ely) and Modern Potato Bug. 



Symptoms. — Sickening odor of the 

 breath, sour taste, with burning heat in 

 the throat, stomach, and bowels; fre- 



quent vomiting, often bloody ; copious 

 bloody stools, great pain in the stomach, 

 with burning sensation in the bladder and 

 difficulty to urinate, followed with terrible 

 convulsions, delirium and death. 



Treatment. — Excite vomiting by 

 drinking plentifully of sweet oil or other 

 wholesome oils, sugar and water, milk, or 

 slippery elm tea; give injections of castor 

 oil and starch, or warm milk. The in- 

 flammatory symptoms which generally 

 follow must be treated by a medical man. 

 Camphorated oil or camphorated spirits 

 should be rubbed over the bowels, stom- 

 ach, and thighs. 



CAUSTIC POTASH.— See Alkalies. 



COBALT, or Fly Powder. 



Symptoms. — Heat and pain in the 

 throat and stomach, violent retching and 

 vomiting, cold and clammy skin, small 

 and feeble pulse, hurried and difficult 

 breathing, diarrhoea, etc 



Treatment. — An emetic, followed by 

 the free administration of milk, eggs, 

 wheat-flour and water, and mucilaginous 

 drinks. 



COPPER— Bine Vitriol, Verdigris, or 

 Pickles or Food Cooked in Fonl Copper 

 Vessels. 



Symptoms. — General inflammation of 

 the alimentary canal, suppression of urine, 

 hiccough, a disagreeable metallic taste, 

 vomiting, violent colic, excessive thirst, 

 sense of tightness of the throat, anxiety, 

 faintness, and giddiness, and cramps and 

 convulsions generally precede death. 



Treatment. — Large doses of simple 

 syrup as warm as can be swallowed, until 

 the stomach rejects the amount it con- 

 tains. The whites of eggs and large 

 quantities of milk. Hydrated peroxide 

 of iron. 



COPPERAS.— See Iron. 



CREOSOTE— Carbolic Acid. 



Symptoms. — Burning pain, acrid, pun- 

 gent taste, thirst, vomiting, purging, etc. 



Treatment. — An emetic, and the free 

 administration of albumen, as the whites 

 of eggs, or in the absence of these, milk, 

 or flour and water. 



CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE.— See Mer- 

 cury. 



DEADLY NIGHT-SHADE.— See Bel- 

 ladonna. 



FOX-GLOVE, or Digitalis. 



Symptoms. — Loss of strength, feeble, 

 fluttering pulse, faintness, nausea, and 



