CLASSIFICATION OF POISONS 75 



Treatment. ( Immediate : ) 



EMETIC and STOMACH TUBE. TANNIN. 



STIMULANTS. Strychnin solution B. P., two minims subcutaneously. 



Atropin, half a grain subcutaneously, repeated if necessary. 



(Later:) 



Stimulants. Hot fomentations. 



Artificial respiration if necessary. Castor Oil. 



DEMULCENTS (swallowed and injected). 



Plants furnishing poisons that act on the heart as depressants: Tobacco 

 (Nicotiana Tabacum), Hemlock (Conium maculatum}, Indian Tobacco (Lobe- 

 lia in flat a). 



II 



ASTHENICS 



Symptoms. Numbness, and tingling in the mouth; abdominal pain; vertigo; 

 vomiting; purging; tremor; occasional delirium; paralysis; dyspnoea, ending in 

 syncope. 



Treatment. (Immediate:) 



EMETIC and STOMACH TUBE. TANNIN. 



STIMULANTS. Cold affusion. 



Faradic current. Atropin, half a grain subcutaneously. 



(Later:) 



DEMULCENTS (swallowed and injected). 



Continued recumbent position. 



Artificial respiration if necessary. Castor Oil. 



Note In Aconite poisoning inject Digitalis Tincture B. P., twenty minims 

 subcutaneously (\2 l / 2 per cent strength). 



Plants furnishing poisons that act on the heart as asthenics: Lima Bean 

 (Phascolus lunatus), Tapioca (Jatropha manihot}, Aconite (Aconitum Napel- 

 lus}, Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), Oleander (Nerium Oleander}, Fox-glove 

 (Digitalis purpurea), White Hellebore (Veratrum album}, Green Hellebore 

 (Veratrum viride}. 



VEGETABLE IRRITANTS 



PURGATIVES 



Symptoms. Abdominal pain; vomiting, and purging; cramps; strangury 

 and tenesmus, followed by collapse, and sometimes accompanied by drowsiness, 

 and slight nervous symptoms. 



Treatment. ( Immediate : ) 



EMETIC and STOMACH TUBE. TANNIN. 



(Later:) 



Opium to relieve pain. 



Stimulants to counteract collapse. 



DEMULCENTS (swallowed and injected). 



Plants producing poisons that act as purgatives : Castor Bean (Ricinus 

 commwtis), Green Hellebore (Helleborus viridis}, May Apple (Podophyllum 

 peltatum}, Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris). 



