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POISONS ACTING ON THE HEART 



II. 

 ASTHENICS. 



Symptoms. — Numbness, and tingling in tlie mouth ; abdom- 

 inal pain ; vertigo ; vomiting ; purging ; tremor ; occasional 

 delirium ; paralysis ; dyspnoea, ending in syncope. 



Treatment. (Immediate :) 

 Emetic and Stomach Tube. Tannin. 

 Stimulants. Cold affusion. 

 Faradic current. Atropine, 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 minim's subcutaneously. 



