oda.
T. An emetic of sulphate of zinc (twenty-four grains to half a pint
of water); leeches to belly; fomentations if necessary; and a dose
of castor oil mixed with laudanum.
1355. Phosphorus.
E. Intense burning and pain in the throat and stomach.
A. Magnesia and carbonate of soda.
T. Large draughts of cold water, and tickle the throat with a
feather.
_Caution_. Do not give oil or milk.
1356. Lime.
E. Burning in the throat and stomach, cramps in the belly, hiccough,
vomiting, and paralysis of limbs.
A. Vinegar or lemon juice.
T. Thin starch water to be drunk frequently.
1357. Alkalies.
(_Caustic potash; soda; ammonia_.)
E. Acrid, hot, disagreeable taste; burning in the throat, nausea,
and vomiting bloody matter; profuse purging, pain in the stomach,
colic, convulsions, and death.
A. Vinegar and vegetable acids
T. Give linseed tea, milk, almond or olive oil, and excite vomiting.
1358. Baryta
(_Carbonate, pure_, and _muriate_ of, _See_ LIME para. 1356.)
1359. Nitre.
E. Heartburn, nausea, violent vomiting, purging, convulsions,
difficult breathing, violent pain in the bowels, kidneys, and
bladder, with bloody urine.
T. Emetics, frequent draughts of barley water, with castor oil and
laudanum.
1360. Narcotic Poisons.
(_Bane berries; fool's parsley; deadly nightshade; water hemlock;
thorn apple; opium, or laudanum; camphor, &c._)
E. Giddiness, faintness, nausea, vomiting, stupor, delirium, and
death.
T. Give emetics, large draughts of fluids, tickle the throat, apply
smelling salts to the nose, dash cold water over the face and chest,
apply mustard poultices, and, above all, endeavour to rouse the
patient by walking between two persons; and, if possible, by
electricity; and give forty drops of sal-volatile in strong coffee
every half-hour.
1361. Vegetable Irritating Poisons.
(_Mezsreon; monk's-hood; bitter apple; gamboge; white hellebore, &c._)
E. Acrid, biting, bitter taste, choking sensation, dryness of the
throat, retching, vomiting, purging, pains in the stomach and
bowels, breathing difficult, and death.
T. Give emetics of camomile, mustard, or sulphate of zinc; large
draughts of warm milk, or other bland fluids; foment and leech the
belly if necessary, and give strong _infusion_ of coffee
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