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[adrenalin] and ergot. Caffeine as an antidote against morphine, 

 chloroform and alcohol. 



4. The symptomatic antidotes are used to treat individual 

 symptoms of poisonings. Sjmiptoms of paralysis are combated 

 by excitants (camphor, ether, alcohol, wine, caffeine, coffee, tea, 

 veratrin, strychnine, atropine, scopolamine, ammonia, carbonate 

 of ammonia); painful colics by morphine and other narcotics; 

 diarrhoea by styptics; constipation by laxatives; persistent vomit- 

 ing by opiates; high fever by antipyretics; cramps by sedatives, 

 and subnormal temperatures by caffeine. 



Antidotes for the Different Poisons. — ^Aconite. Emetics, tan- 

 nic acid, iodine, animal charcoal, atropine, digitalis, artificial 

 respiration, excitants. 



Alcohol. Coffee, caffeine, ammonia, ammonium carbonate, 

 camphor, atropine, scopolamine, cold applications to the head, 

 warm coverings. 



Alkalies, caustic. Vinegar, dilute acids (hydrochloric, sul- 

 phuric, phosphoric, tartaric and citric acids), fatty oils, milk, 

 emulsions, mucilaginous substances, morphine. 



Aloes. Opium, tannic acid, mucilaginous substances. 



Alum. Albumin, milk, gelatin solution, lime water, magnesium 

 oxide, ammonia, laxatives. 



Ammonia. Dilute acids, vinegar vapor, fats, oils, milk, muci- 

 laginous substances, tracheotomy. 



Anilin. Emetics, laxatives, excitants. 



Arecoline. Atropine, hyoscine (scopolamine). 



Arsenic. Emetics, iron preparations, iron hydrate [ferri 

 hydroxidum cum magnesii oxido, U. S. P.], *ferric saccharate, 

 magnesium oxide, animal charcoal, sulphur, liver of sulphur, 

 sulphide of iron, albumin, milk, mucilage, excitants. Alkalies and 

 fatty oils (castor oil) are to be avoided. 



Atropine (belladonna, henbane, stramonium). Emetics, tan- 

 nic acid, morphine, pilocarpine, eserine; for the psychic excite- 

 ment, chloroform, chloral hydrate, sulphonal, potassium bromide. 



Barium. Dilute sulphuric acid, sodium and potassium sul- 

 phate, magnesium sulphate, emetics, atropine. 



