Rev. John Wesley's valuable primitive remedies, or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases : also, Modern medicine / by O.W. Gordon.
- John Wesley
- Date:
- 1880
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Rev. John Wesley's valuable primitive remedies, or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases : also, Modern medicine / by O.W. Gordon. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![8. Opium— ~\ (Provoke vomiting, repeatedly; Laudanum, I -j Give Strong Coffee without Milk; Paregoric, I (Keep up the breathing. Chloral. J (Provoke vomiting, once or twice ; 9* Strychnia \ Give apurgative ; ( Secure absolute quiet. j Provoke vomiting ; io. Aconite -j stimulate well; 11. Lunar Caustic (Nitrate of ) \ Give strong Salt and Water ft Silver.) ' ] Provoke vomiting ;f ( Provoke vomiting ; 12. Alcohol j Give Hartshorn and Water 13. Jamestown Weed, Hemlock, 1 prOVoke vomiting ; Nightshade (Belladona,) } ] Stimulate well. Toadstools, l Tobacco. J . _ . t , TT . (Provoke vomiting ; 14. Decayed Meat and Vegeta- ) Giye a purgative ; tables. I Q[ye powdered Charcoal. To promote vomiting, warm Water may be used, with a tablespoonful each of Mustard and Salt to the pint of water ; give large quantities, and thrust the finger down the throat. Bland liquids are raw Eggs, Milk, Oils, Elm and Gruel. Stimulants are Tea, Coffee, Whiskey, Brandy, Ammonia, Cajeput, etc. Alkalies as Antidotes are Ammonia, Soap, Lime, Soda, Chalk, Plaster, Magnesia, Powdered Charcoal and Wood Ashes. Acids as Antllotes are Vinegar and Lemon juice. Success depends on giving the antidote quickly before the poison can act upon the system. Repeat several times. f Repeat many times.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21083976_0299.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
