A universal formulary : containing the methods of preparing and administering officinal and other medicines. / by R. Eglesfeld Griffith.

  • Robert Eglesfeld Griffith
Date:
1851
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    precipitate (disproving the possible idea of its being a preparation of lead). Dissolve it in nitric acid, and add solution of potasb so long as any precipitate is thrown down; gather this in a filter, and, after washing and drying it, place it on charcoal (and treat it as directed for preparations of lead), when its reduction to the metallic condition will be eifected. Treatment.—Induce vomiting by tickling the fauces, &c., and give continuous full draughts of sweet milk. Bromine.—An irritant, corrosive mineral poison. Si/mptoms.—Irritation and inflammation of the parts with which it comes in con- tact, whether in substance or in vapor. Morbid xippearances.—Fauces, oesophagus, and stomach inflamed and corroded, mucous membrane gelatinized, duodenum of a yellow color, and thickened; the parts retaining a strong smell of the poison. Tests.—Its color, odor, and volatility. All solutions containing it are rendered colorless by the addition of potassa. On being evaporated, the residue is to be incine- rated at a low temperature, the ash dissolved in distilled water, filtered, and chlorine passed through the solution. On the addition of ether, the bromine is taken up by that fluid. Treatment.—The immediate and free use of albumen, or starch. Brucia. See Vegetable Poisons. Calomel. See Mercury. Cajmphor. See Vegetable Poisons. Cantharides.—An acrid and corroding animal poison. Symptoms.—A burning sensation in the throat; violent pain in the stomach and bowels; nausea, vomiting, and purging—the ejections being frequently bloody and purulent; great heat and irritation of the urinary organs, sometimes the most painful priapism; pulse quick and hard; convulsions, tetanus, delirium, syncope. Morbid Ajjpearances.—Inflammation and erosion of the stomach; if in substance, fragments of the flies, adhering to the mucous coat, or mixed with contents; marks of inflammation in the intestines and urinary organs: these are most evident when death does not soon follow the ingestion of the poison. Tests.—The characteristic green, shining appearance of the fragments of the flies, and the character of the symptoms. ^ Treatment.—The promotion of vomiting by means of warm demulcents; copious ' dilution, bleeding, the warm bath, opiate frictions, enemata of mutton broth, lauda- : num, &c. Camphor, though not an antidote, alleviates some of the most distressing I: symptoms. Carbonic Acid Gtas. Symptoms.—GresLt drowsiness; difficulty of respiration; loss of sensibility; the (countenance of a livid or deep leaden color. Morbid Appearances.—Whole body, but especially the face, swollen, which is also 1 usually hvid, and the features distorted; eyes generally prominent, and retaining their I brilliancy. Vessels of the brain and lungs in a state of congestion. Tests.—Expose a vessel, filled with lime-water, to the deleterious atmosphere, when, uf carbonic acid be present, it will assume a milky appearance, and let fall a white ] precipitate. A lighted candle will detect the presence of carbonic acid gas (if in (excess) by being immediately extinguished in the tainted atmosphere; it must, for tthis purpose,_be held near the floor. [The utmost caution should be observed in I introducing lighted tapers into close situations supposed to contain this gas, lest an (explosive hydrocarbon may, instead, be met with.] Treatment.—'RemoNQ the patient from the situation or apartment in which the hpoison has been inhaled; or open the doors, windows, &c., for admission of pure air