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Treatment. (Immediate:) 



EMETIC and STOMACH TUBE. 



Pilocarpin Nitrate, one-third of a grain subcutaneously, repeated if neces- 

 sary. 



Ammonia or Amyl Nitrite to nostrils. 



TANNIN. 



(Later:) 



Stimulants, Castor Oil. 



DEMULCENTS (swallowed and injected). 



Note — Muscarin poisoning give Belladonna Tincture B. P. fifteen minims 



Plants furnisHing poisons that act as deliriants — Thorn Apple (Datura 

 Stramonium). Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum), Hemp (Cannabis sativa), 

 Darnel (Lolium temulentum), Several Fungi as Fly Agaric (^Amanita muscaria). 



Ill 



INEBEIANTS 



Symptoms. Excitement of cerebral functions, and of the circulation; loss 

 of power of co-ordination, and of muscular movements, with double vision; 

 leading to profound sleep, and deep coma. 



Treatment. (Immediate:) 



EMETIC and STOMACH TUBE. 



TANNIN. 



(Later:) 



Epsom Salts. 



DEMULCENTS (swallowed and injected). 



Plants furnishing poisons that act on the brain as inebriants: Wormwood 

 {Artemisia Absinthium), Jamaica Dogwood (Piscidia Erythrina). 



POISONS ACTING ON THE SPINAL CORD 



CONVULSIVES 



Symptoms. Clonic (intermittant) spasms, extending from above down- 

 wards. Opisthotonos very violent; but trismus (lock-jaw) rare. Swallowing 

 spasmodic. Death, usually, in less than three hours, or rapid recovery. 



Treatment. (Immediate:) 



EMETIC and STOMACH TUBE. TANNIN. 



Chloral Hydrate five grains subcutaneously (a weak solution as it is an 

 irritant), repeated if necessary. Chloroform inhalation. Artificial respiration. 



Potassium Bromide, one drachm in water every half-hour. Morphia ('). 



(Later:) 



DEMULCENTS (swallowed and injected). 



Castor Oil. Chloroform inhalation if convulsions return. 



Plants furnishing poisons that act upon the spinal cord as convulsives: 

 Nux-vomica Tree (Strychnos Nux-vomica), St. Ignatius's Bean (Strychnos 

 Ignatii). 



POISONS ACTING ON THE HEART 

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DEPRESSANTS 



Symptoms. Vertigo; vomiting; abdominal pain; confused vision; convul- 

 sions; occasional delirium; paralysis; syncope; sometimes asphyxia. 



