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and placed in a cellar or liuilding. There is constant vomiting, the odor of 

 the ejected matter is that of phosphorus, and if taken into a dark room 

 it is luminous. 



There is great restlessness, howling, whining, fever, and indications of 

 intense irritation of the mouth and throat; and the saliva is thick and 

 copious. After these symptoms have been present for some time, the 

 animal becomes quiet, the mucous membranes become dirty yellow, 

 great pain on pressure on the liver, stomach, and intestines. The faces 

 are tinged with blood and there is albuminuria; and according to some 

 authors, if there is any icterus in a suspected case, it is a clear indication of 

 phosphorus poisoning; finally, there is paralysis and collapse. 



Therapeutics. — Use sulphate of copper as an emetic, and turpentine 

 in emulsion as an antidote, and treat other symptoms as they appear. 

 Permanganate of potash, nitrate of cobalt, heavy magnesia, are antidotes. 



I^. Cupri Sulphatis, 1.0 



Aquae distillatse, .50 . 



Sig. — Give a teaspoonful every ten minutes until eme- 

 sis occurs. 



I^ 01. Terebinthinse, 20.0 



Sol. Acacia, 50.0 



Aqua. Distil., 200.0 

 Sig. — A tablespoonful every fifteen minutes. 



Poisoning by Mercury. — 1. Acute poisoning by corrosive sublimate is 

 very rare. The symptoms are intense inflammation of the entire intesti- 

 nal tract, vomiting of blood and bloody diarrhoea, with intense local irri- 

 tation followed by symptoms of paralysis and death. 



2. Mercurial Poisoning takes a slower course when caused by calomel 

 or mercurial dressings, particularly w'hen mercurial (blue) ointment is 

 applied for skin eruptions. We find salivation, catarrh of the stomach, 

 profuse diarrhoea, emaciation, with marked muscular debility. 



Therapeutics. — In the acute form give gruels, milk, magnesia, water, 

 sulphur, iodide of potassium, stimulants. In the slower form of poisoning 

 give iodide of potassium, or sulphur. 



Poisoning by Strychnia. — This is frequently administered intention- 

 ally, although it is often caused by the administration of too large doses of 

 nux vomica, dogs being particularly susceptible to the action of strychnia. 

 There are violent tetanic spasms, trismus, and opisthotonus. The convul- 

 sions are clonic, having intermissions between them, and the longer the 

 intermission the milder the attack and the more chance of a recovery. 



Therapeutics. — Give narcotics, chloral hydrate in clysters, 2.5 

 grammes to 40.0 of water; morphia, tannin, and tincture of iodine. 



Poisoning by Chloroform. — This is caused either by the careless ad- 

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