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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    Compressed tabloids of atropine, morphine, &c., may be substituted with advantage for many of these solutions. I have tried nearly all the Wyeth compressed hypodermic tabloids and find that they are reliable. They may be obtained of Burroughs, Wellcome & Co., Snow Hill Buildings, E.C. If the necks of bottles are not very carefully ground, the stoppers either leak, or at a critical moment are found to be firmly fixed. The tabloids occupy less room, and need not be in stop- pered bottles. Those who are interested in the subject should read Bartholow’s Hypoder- matic Medication, 4th edition, or Bourneville’s Manuel des Injections Sous-cutanees. An Eng- lish translation of the latter is published by Mr. Lewis, 136 Gower Street, W.C. VI. The Poison Book (latest edition). An Antidote Bag or Case of some kind should be kept in readiness at every police station, and in the casualty room of every hospital. It is astonishing how badly even some of our large hospitals are provided with appliances for the treatment of cases of poi- soning. I know of two hospitals where, until recently, there was not even a stomach pump, and there are many others, both in London