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whitish, cauterized patches, with active inflammation beneath and 

 around them, and ecchymosis. The blood is fluid and dark 

 colored, extravasations or effusions on the brain or in the lateral 

 ventricles, with pulmonary congestion and parenchymatous 

 nephritis. 



Treatment. If available, give vinegar proportionate to the 

 amount of carbolic acid taken. Alcohol is a good substitute. 

 Emesis should be encouraged when available. Next mucilagin- 

 ous agents and bland oils to dilute the acid are required. Glauber 

 salts may assist in neutralizing and expelling the acid. 



POISONING BY CREOSOTE. 



Irritates, coagulates albumen, and blood, arrests heart, colic, emesis, 

 salivation, labored breathing, vertigo. Lesions : Congestion, corrosion, 

 dark clotted blood, odor. Treatment : Mucilaginous agents, emesis, oily 

 laxatives. 



On the mucous membrane creosote has a very irritant action, 

 coagulating the albumen, causing violent inflammation. It also 

 coagulates the blood and when injected into the veins, stops the 

 action of the heart. Taken by the mouth it causes violent colics, 

 emesis in vomiting animals, salivation, laborious breathing, con- 

 vulsions, vertigo and death. At the necropsy the stomach is found 

 congested of a dull red color, and corroded, and the vessels contain 

 dark clotted blood. A dog died from a dose of 2 drachms. The 

 odor of creosote is marked. 



Treatment. Emesis, white of eggs, mucilaginous liquids, and 

 oily laxatives. 



POISONING BY SEEDS OF RICINUS COMMUNIS. 



Superpurgation. Poison in seeds. Diluents, demulcents, stomach pump, 

 laxatives if necessary. 



An over-dose of castor oil may kill by gastro-intestinal con- 

 gestion and superpurgation. Apart from the oil, however, the 



