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

  • William Murrell
Date:
1887
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Credit: What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Patient is Convulsed. This may mean anything, the term being used vaguely. Antimony ; Arsenic ; Car- bonic Oxide ; Aconite. Strong acids such as Acetic, or Sulphuric, or strong alkalies such as Ammonia. The patient is Paralysed. Physostigmine ; Conium (from below upwards); Gelsemium ; Aconite ; Ar- senic ; Lead. The Pupils are Dilated. Belladonna and Atropine ; Hyoscyamus ; Stramonium ; Opium (in last stage); Aconite ; Alcohol ; Chloroform (when taken in liquid form) ; Conium. The Pupils are Contracted. Opium (very strongly if a large dose); Phy- sostigmine ; Chloral (during sleep). Skin dry. Belladonna and Atropine ; Hyoscyamus; Stramonium. Skin moist. Opium ; Aconite ; Antimony ; Alcohol ; Tobacco ; Lobelia. Almost any poison during the stage of collapse.