s really a physician's
business. At the same time, no one of fair education should neglect to
learn a few of the essential things to do in accidental or intentional
poisoning.

A Table of the More Common Poisons,

With their prominent symptoms, antidotes, and treatment.

Poison Prominent Symptoms Antidotes and Treatment

_Strong Acids:_

Muriatic, Burning sensation in _No emetic_ Saleratus;
Nitric, mouth, throat, and chalk; soap; plaster from
Sulphuric (vitriol), stomach; blisters the wall; lime; magnesia;
Oxalic. about mouth; vomiting; baking soda (3 or 4
great weakness teaspoonfuls in a glass of
water).

_Alkalies_:

Caustic potash and Burning sensation in _No emetic_ Olive oil
soda, the parts; severe pain freely; lemon juice, vinegar;
Ammonia, in stomach; vomiting; melted butter and vaseline;
Lye, difficulty in thick cream.
Pearlash, swallowing; cold skin;
Saltpeter. weak pulse.

_Arsenic:_

Paris green, Intense pains in Vomit patient repeatedly,
Rough on rats, stomach and bowels; give hydrated oxide of iron
White arsenic, thirst; vomiting, with magnesia, usually kept
Fowler's solution, perhaps with blood; by druggists for emergencies;
Scheele's green. cold and clammy skin. follow with strong solution
of common salt and water.

_Other Metallic Poisons_:

Blue vitriol, Symptoms in general, Emetic with lead; none with
Copperas, same as in arsenical copper and iron; white of
Green vitriol, poisoning. With lead eggs in abundance with
Sugar of lead, and mercury there may copper; with iron and lead
Corrosive be a metallic taste in give epsom salts freely;
sublimate, the mouth. afterwards, oils, flour, and
Bedbug poison. water. _No emetic with
mercury;_ raw eggs;
milk, or flour, and water.

_Phosphorus from_

Matches, rat Pain in the stomach; _Cause vomiting_.
poisons,etc. vomiting; purging; Strong soap