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cinally, stimulant, sedative, narcotic, anodyne, antispasmodic £ 

 astringent. 



Post-mortem Appearances.—" On opening the bodies of anim 

 poisoned by large doses of opium, the brain and lungs are fou 

 gorged with dark-coloured fluid blood, which does not, howe\ 

 yield on analysis any indication of the presence of opium. 1 

 stomach and intestines are occasionally slightly reddened. 1 

 body passes very rapidly into a' state of putrefaction."— i^i'^, 

 Dun. 



Antidotes. — Stimulants, as brandy, ammonia, compulse 

 exercise, artificial respiration, syringing the body with cold wat 

 applying ammonia, caytone-pepper fumes, or strong acetic ai 

 to the nostrils, and artificial respiration. 



Doses. — I to 3 grains. Laudanum, lo to 30 minims. 



DIGITALIS. 



Actions and Uses. — In excessive doses, an irritant and sedati 

 poison,. Medicinally, diuretic, sedative, and anodyne. Bei 

 . liable to accumulate in the system, its action requires watching. 



" Doses of about one to two drachms given to dogs cause nause 

 and when vomiting is prevented, moaning and expression 

 abdominal pain, feebleness of the pulse, diarrhoea, gene 

 weakness, shivering, slight convulsions, contraction of the pupi 

 and diminution of common sensibility. As might be expect 

 from such symptoms, inflammation and its consequences are fou 

 after death throughout most parts of the alimentary canal. C( 

 gestion of the lungs, a spotted appearance of the heart, occasion^ 

 injection of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord, and 

 fluid condition of the blood, are also observed. Digitalis produc 

 its effects by whatever channel it enters the body, and appears 

 destroy life by depressing the action of the heart. Its effects 

 the circulation, however, are not very uniform, being modified 

 various circumstances, and especially by the dose employed. W: 

 large doses, the pulse becomes much accelerated, irregular, a 

 intermittent." — Finlay Dnn. 



Antidotes. — Stimulants ii^ternally and externally. 



Doses. — 2 to 4 grains. 



BELLADONNA. 

 Actions and Uses. — In excessive doses, a narcotic acrid poise 

 Medicinally, sedative, anodyne, and antispasmodic, Its effect 

 all doses, and by whatever channel it enters the body, is to cai 

 dilatation of the pupil. 



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