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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    and the country, where there is no efficient douche for use in cases of opium poisoning. It is a good plan to inspect the bag or case at intervals to see that everything is in work- ing order. The piston of the hypodermic syringe always works badly if not looked after. A little vaseline may be applied to the stop- pers of the bottles. MARTINDALE’S ANTIDOTE BAG. Mr. Martindale of io New Cavendish Street, W., has, for some years past, made me a bag which answers the purpose admirably. It contains in a morocco bag a hypodermic syringe, a case of solutions, and a series of chemical and physiological antidotes. The following is the list of medicines:— Dialysed Iron. Syrup of Chloral. Chloroform. Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia. Spirit of Chloroform. French Oil of Turpentine. Acetic Acid.