THE DIFFERENT POISONS. 



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SULPHURIC ACID, 

 Or, Oil of Vitriol. 



NITRIC ACID, 

 Or, Aqua-fortis. 



MURIATIC ACID. 



Or, Spirit of Salt. 



OXALIC ACID, 



Or, Acid of Sugar. 



Any of the other mineral 

 Acids taken to excess. 



(B.) ACID POISONS. 



Very sour taste and burning 

 pain and heat in the mouth, 

 throat, and down the whole 

 alimentary canal ; fetid eruc- 

 tations, vomiting of a bloody 

 fluid which effervesces with 

 chalk, or any of the alkalies; 

 great pain in the stomach and 

 bowels with bloody cholera, 

 small irregular pulse, great 

 thirst, tension of the abdomen, 

 hiccup, cold perspirations, 

 convulsions, and death. 



An ounce of calcined mag- 

 nesia to be mixed in a quart 

 of water, and a cupful to be 

 taken every eight or ten mi- 

 nutes. If not at hand, soap, 

 or chalk and water, or weak- 

 ened lime water. To be suc- 

 ceeded by demulcent drinks, 

 as in cantharides ; and if in- 

 flammation supervene, by de- 

 pletion. If the sulphuric acid 

 has been taken, common mag- 

 nesia and water is to be 

 preferred to the calcined; and 

 if oxalic acid,chalk and water. 



