ANTIDOTES 221 



Brine. Plenty of water, mucilage, oil, excitants, sedatives. 



Cantharides. Mucilaginous substances, opium, excitants; no 

 fatty oils. 



Carbolic acid. Emetics, wash out the stomach, sulphates, 

 dilute sulphuric acid, soap water, sugar lime, albumin, milk, oil, 

 excitants (ether, camphor, caffeine, hyoscine). 



Carbon disulphide. Fresh air, excitants. 



Carbon monoxide. Fresh air, inhalation of oxygen, infusion 

 of physiological salt solution; excitants, artificial respiration, 

 stimulation of the skin. 



Chick-pea. Tracheotomy, strychnine, veratrin, caffeine, atro- 

 pine, cutaneous stimulation, laxatives. 



Chlorine and calcium chloride. Sodium or magnesium sub- 

 sulphate, inhalations of hydrogen sulphide and ammonia (diluted) ; 

 internally, aromatic spirit of ammonia; albumin, mucilage. 



Chloroform, chloral hydrate, or ether. Excitants, especially 

 atropine, hyoscine (scopolamine), strychnine, veratrin, caffeine, 

 ammonia, ammonium carbonate, cutaneous stimulation, cold 

 douches, artificial respiration. 



Chromic acid. Albumin, magnesium oxide, excitants. 



Cocaine. Tannic acid, iodine, chloral hydrate. 



Colchicum. Emetics, tannic acid, iodine (LugoFs solution), 

 opium, morphine, mucilage, warm moist coverings, excitants. 



Conium. Emetics, laxatives, veratrin, strychnine, caffeine, 

 atropine, ether, camphor, ammonium carbonate, tannic acid. 



Convallaria. Tannic acid, excitants, camphor, ether. 



Copper. Laxatives, emetics, albumin, potassium ferrocyanide, 

 powdered iron, magnesium oxide, animal charcoal, excitants. 



Com cockle. Laxatives, tannic acid, mucilage, excitants. 



Creosote. Emetics, mucilage, dilute sulphuric acid, sodium 

 sulphate, magnesium sulphate, soap, excitants. 



Croton oil. Mucilage, albumin, opium, excitants. 



Cystisus. Emetics, laxatives, excitants. 



Darnel. Laxatives, ether, camphor, atropine, caffeine, cu- 

 taneous stimulation. 



Digitalis. Emetics, tannic acid, camphor, ether, atropine, 



