What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell.

  • William Murrell
Date:
1897
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Credit: What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cubebs produces a similar rash. Opium and Morphine exceptionally bring out urticaria or papulous or roseolous patches accompanied by itching. Quinine also exceptionably brings out an erythema attended by distressing itching and tingling. Cod Liver Oil may be followed by an acne from the elimination by the skin of some of its acrid principles. Croton oil, tartar emetic, sulphur, hydrastis and arnica are well known rash producers when applied locally, and the acne of tar is very familiar. The discoloration of the skin resulting from the local application of chrysophanic acid and the permanent staining from the long continued administration of nitrate of silver require no detailed notice. XIII. There is the Smell of the Drug in the Breath. Prussic Acid ; Laudanum ; Alcohol (brandy, whiskey, &c.); Carbolic Acid ; Acetic Acid; Ammonia; Chloroform; Creasote; Iodine; Phosphorus; Cam- phor ; Nitrobenzole. The smell is not always a reliable guide; for ex-
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