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Provoke vomiting at once. Give large quantities of milk, 

 the whites of eggs, flour and water, or oil and limewater. 



In sugar of lead poisoning, provoke vomiting and give 

 Epsom salts. 



In copper poisoning by blue vitriol and verdigris, use 

 milk or white of eggs followed by flaxseed tea. 



Use the same treatment in mercurial poisoning, occasioned 

 by drinking solutions of corrosive sublimate, which is chiefly 

 used as a disinfectant. 



Children sometimes eat the phosphorus from matches. 

 Use plenty of magnesia, chalk, or whiting, but no oil. This 

 poison acts slowly and usually there is time enough to get 

 medical help. 



417. The Various Forms of Opium as Poisons. The vari- 

 ous forms of opium are often taken by mistake or in an 

 overdose. The narcotic effects of laudanum, paregoric, 

 Dover's powder, most cholera mixtures, and many of the 

 so-called "soothing sirups" and "drops" are due to opium. 



Brisk emetics must be used until they act thoroughly. 

 Give plenty of hot, strong coffee without milk or sugar. 

 Do not allow the patient to fall into a deep sleep. Dash 

 cold water over the head and shoulders and slap the skin 

 briskly with wet towels or with a slipper. Medical* help 

 must be called at once. 



NOTE. The teacher or student who is disposed to study the 

 several topics of this chapter in more detail than is possible in an 

 elementary text-book may find the necessary material in the following 

 books. They are readily obtained of booksellers or may be found 

 in the public libraries of larger towns: Dulles' Accidents and Emer- 

 gencies (price $1.00); Pilcher's First Aid in Illness and Injury 

 (price $2.00); Doty's Prompt Aid to the Injured (price $1.50), and 

 Drinkwater's First Aid to the Injured (Temple-Primer Series; price 

 50 cents). 



