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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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all proving good workers and good to learn. Dar- 

 ing the same time we have had four stags, which | 

 could not or would not learn anything, and re- 

 member it. The Ijulls will endure "the heat or cold 

 as well as any cattle, provided they are kept away 

 from cows alter you commence working them. 

 Wallingford, Fi., .Voy. 29, 1870. Okrin Hager. 



For the Kew Enaland Farmer, 

 MEDICAL TOPICS. 



BV A MEDICAL MAN. 



Foisons; their Symptoma and Treatment 



CoNiL'.M. — The Conium maculalum or poi- 

 son hemlock, (sometimes called Cicuta,) is an 

 irritant narcotic, producing symptoms, when 

 taken in an over-dose, similar to those pro- 

 duced by Aconite, and recjuiring the same 

 treatment. 



Copper. — SulpTiate of Copper, commonly 

 called Blue Vitriol — Acetate of Copper, com- 

 monly called verdigris. 



Symptoms. — Violent headache, vomiting, 

 pain in the bowels, cramps in the lower ex- 

 tremities, diarrhoea, convulsions, palsy. 



Treatment — Same as for arsenic. 



Corrosive Sublimate — See Mercury. 



Creosote. — This is an irritant poison ob- 

 tained from the various kinds of tar. 



Symptoms. — Pungent taste, burning pain, 

 vomiting, purging, &c. 



Treatment — Give the white of eggs imme- 

 diately ; or if that cannot be obtained give 

 largely of wheat flour mixed in water. 



Croton Oil. — This is obtained from the 

 seeds of a shrub found in India. Symptoms 

 and treatment like blue flag, colocynth, &c. 



DiGiT.vLis — Foxglove — The Digitalis pur- 

 purea or Fox- glove is a powerful narcotic. 

 For symptoms and treatment see Aconite. 



Ergot — Smut cl E.y3.~ This is a narcotic 

 irritant, and pciscncus ia over-dose. Symp- 

 toms and treatment like Aconite &c. 



Fowler's SoLDTiCN.— See Arsenic. 



Fox-GLOVE —See Digitalis. 



Gin. — See Alcchol. 



Glass. — V/hec glass or enamel of any kind 

 is taken into the OLOCiaeh, irritation and inflam- 

 mation of the Elcr-£.ch and bowels, with the 

 usual symptoms of suoa aifections may be ex- 

 pected. 



Treatment. — Give ibe white of eggs, wheat 

 flour mixed in water, or thick gruel ; and fol- 

 low with such other remedies as are adapted 

 to the cure of inflammation. 



IIellkhore. — The Jlclleborus niyer or 

 Black Hellebore is a powerful cathartic, and 

 in large doses, an irritant poi.son. For 8}mp- 

 toms and treatment gee Blue Flag. Green and 

 white hellebore may be found under the bead 

 Veratrum. 



Henbane. — See Hoyscyamus. 



Hyoscyamus. — Ilyoscyamus niger, or Black 

 Henbane, is a narcotic poison. Symptoms 

 and treatment same as Aconite, Belladonna, 

 Conium, &c. 



Iodine — Iodide of Potassiu.m— Iodide of 



Irox^Iodide of Mercury, &c. — Iodine in 

 all its forms, is an irritant poison. 



Symptoms.^ Heat and constriction of the 

 throat, offensive eructations of gas from the 

 stomach, nausea and sometimes vomiting, jmin 

 in the stomach and bowels with diarrhaa, a 

 quick pulse, great thirst, tremblings, convul- 

 sions and death. 



Treatment. — Give starch or wheat flour 

 mixed in water, and then induce vomiting by 

 the free use of warm flaxseed tea or other 

 mucilaginous drinks. 



IPfON — This highly useful metal in its pure 

 state is not poisonous, but some of its prepa- 

 rations are. Examples : sulphate of iron or 

 copperas and chloride or muriate of iron. 



Symptoms. — Colic pains, vomiting and 

 purging, violent pain in the throat, a feeling 

 of tightness at the stomach, coldness of the 

 skin, feebleness of the pulse, &c. 



Treatment. — Give a strong solution of car- 

 bonate or bicarbonate of soda, and follow with 

 mucilaginous drinks. 



Laurel. — See Prussic Acid. 



Lead — Sugar of Lead (acetate of lead) 

 — White Lead (carbonate of lead) — Red 

 Lead (red oxide of lead) — Litharge (brown 

 oxide of lead,) &c. 



Symptoms. — Obstinate constipation, vio- 

 lent colic pains, retraction of the abdomen, 

 vomiting, a small hard pulse, laborious breath- 

 ing, a blue tinge to the gums, tremors and 

 paralysis of the extremeties. 



Treatment. — If the poisoning be recent, 

 give freely of sweet oil, white of eggs or milk, 

 and follow with an emetic ; then administer 

 repeated doses of epsom salts (sulphate of 

 magnesia.) In severe colic from lead poison- 

 ing, the warm bath, galvanism, anodynes and 

 chlorate of potash, may be employed in ad- 

 dition to the salts, &c. 



Lime. — Symptoms and treatment same as 

 Ammonia. 



Lobelia — Indian Tobacco. — The Lobelia 

 ivflata or Indian tobacco, is an irritant nar- 

 cotic poison. For s)mptoms and treatment, 

 see Aconite. 



Lunar Caustic. — See Silver. 



Mandrake — May Apple. — The Podophyl- 

 lum peltatum or Mandrake root, is a useful 

 cathartic, but an irritant poison when taken in 

 overdose. Symptoms and treatment same as 

 Blue Flag, Colocynth, &c. 



Mercury — Calomel, (mild chloride of 

 mercury,) — Corrosive Sublimate, (corro- 

 sive chloride of mercury)— Red Precipitate, 

 (red oxide of mercurj) — Vermiuon, (red 

 bulphuret of mercury,) &c. 



Symptoms. — A harsh, metallic, astringent 

 taste, a burning pain in the stomach, vomiting 

 and purging, irritation of the urinary organs, 

 and sometimes 8uj)pression of urine, a sense 

 of tightness and ot burning in the throat, stu- 

 por, convulsions and death. 



Treatment. — Albumen in some form should 

 be given as soon as possible. The white of 



