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FlRST**Send for a physician. 
Second,—Induce vomiting, by tickling- throat with 
feather or finger. Drink hot water or strong mustard and 
water. Swallow sweet oil or whites of eggs. 
Acids CLT€ untidoits Jbr alkalies^ and vice versa* 
Acids, Mineral.—C halk, magnesia (plaster off wall in 
solution carbonate of soda, emollient drinks* 
Carbolic.—A ny soluble sulphate, such as mag¬ 
nesia. ^ 
artificial respira- 
tion, with cold effusion. Ammonia by inhalation and in¬ 
travenously m vein of leg-. 
ACONITB.—Emetics, stimulants, external and internal* 
keep up external heat, keep flat on back. “ 
ca^chu**°^^ -Tart.—V egetable acids, such as tannic acid, 
arsenic.—F reshly precipitated hydrated sesquioxide of 
Iron made by adding magnesia to any iron solution. 
Atropia.—S ame as Belladonna. 
—"'“Stard flour in water: give 
physostigma or pilocarpine; cold to head. * 
^n’ollient drinks, opiates by 
mouth and rectum, large draughts of water to flush kidney^ 
Water.— Albumen, white of egg, milk, 
I artificial respiration (inclin* 
lnFri‘v,fnm T"* ^1“*^ tonffuc forward), brandy and ammon?a 
hypodermic injection of ism. 
tincture of digitalis and i.6o of a grain of atropine. 
COLCHI^CUM.—Emetics, followed by demulcent drinks. 
present brandy, ammonia, coffee. Opium ia 
large dose. Keep up external heat. ^ 
stimulants external and 
...K? ****?®*'^® Sublimate.—A lbumen, white of egg (4 g*. 
sublimate require white of one egg), flour, milk. ®EaS 
Sy^pump'™* milk. Emetics, or evacuate stomach / 
Copper Sulph.— Yellow prussiate of potash or soap. 
Croton Oil.— Emetics; wash out stomach, followed by 
mucilaginous fluids, containing opium. 
Digitalis.— Recumbent posture after emetics. Emetics 
and opium ; give tincture aconite. 
Elaterium.— Demulcent drinks, enemeta of opium, and 
external heat. 
Hyoscyamus.— Stomach pump, emetics, stimulants ex¬ 
ternal and internal, physostigma and pilocarpine. 
Illuminating Gas.— Hypodermic injections of nitro- 
gjlycerin are recommended by Kloman, of Baltimore. 
Iodine.— Emetics and demulcent drinks, starch or flour 
diffused iii water, opium and external heat. 
Head Salts.— Any soluble sulphate, either magnesia or 
soda, succeeded by emetics, and afterwards by opium and 
milk. 
Lobella.— Stimulants externally and internally; cxtcr- 
ual heat. 
Morphine.— Same as opium. 
Nux Vomica.— 30 grs. of chloral and 60 grs. of bromide 
of potash. Nitrite of amyl. 
Opium.—A tropine hypodermically till respirations num¬ 
ber 8 per minute. Stomach pump, stimulants, external and 
internal, brandy and coffee, cold affusion, ammonia to nos¬ 
trils, galvanic shocks, compelling to move about, artificial 
respiration, electric brush. Permanganate of Potash. 
Oxalic Acid.— Lime, not potash or soda. 
Phosphorus.— Sulphate of copper in emetic dose as 
chemical antidote. No oils. Emetics and purgatives. 
POTASH AND SODA SALTS.—Dilute acetic acid, citric 
acid, lemon juice, fixed oils, demulcents, vinegar. 
Silver Nitrate.— Solution of common salt and de¬ 
mulcent drinks. Emetics. 
Stramonium.— Same as Belladonna. 
Strychnine.— Same as Nux Vomica. 
Tobacco.— Emetic, stimulants, external and Internal, 
strychnine, external heat. 
Zinc Salts.— Carbonate of soda, emetics, warm demul¬ 
cent drinks. 
