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Poisoning. If the poison has not been in the stomach 

 more than an hour or two, try to make the patient vomit. 

 This can sometimes be done by tickling the throat with the 

 finger or a feather. If this is not sufficient, give a teaspoonful 

 of mustard in a tumbler of lukewarm water. Or give a 

 dose of ipecac. If the poison is causing pain in the stomach, 

 give the whites of two or three eggs. If the poison is an acid 

 (as sulphuric acid), give soapsuds or magnesia. If the poison 

 is a narcotic, like opium or belladonna or chloral, keep the 

 person from going to sleep. 



Drowning. When a person, apparently drowned, is taken 

 out of the water, his lungs have water in them, and his throat 

 is stopped with water and mucus. Turn him on his face, and 

 let the water run out of his mouth. Thrust your finger in 

 his mouth, and clear it, and draw his tongue forward. Then 

 lay him on his back, with a folded coat under his shoulders, 

 raising them a little higher than his head. Tickle his nostrils 

 with a feather. Give a little snuff, or a smell of smelling- 

 salts. This may start his breathing. If it does not, try to 

 make his chest expand and contract as it does naturally. A 

 good way to do this is to stand across his body, or above his 

 head, take hold of his arms, and bring his elbows up to the 

 sides of his head. This opens the chest and lungs, and imi- 

 tates the movement of inspiration. Then bring his arms 

 down to his sides, and press them against the walls of the 

 chest. This contracts the chest and lungs, and imitates the 

 movement of expiration. Do this fifteen or twenty times in 

 a minute for half an hour, if the chest does not begin to open 

 and contract of itself in less time. At the same time, let 

 others get off the wet clothing, and cover with dry. Let them 

 rub the limbs vigorously, rubbing from the extremity toward 

 the center. If bottles of hot water, or hot bricks or hot flan- 

 nels, can be had, put them at his feet and sides. The three 

 things to be aimed at, are, 



