The homoeopathist; or, domestic physician / [Constantin Hering].

  • Constantine Hering
Date:
1845
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    6G OP POISONING. have been swallowed, and particularly from poisoning by nux vomica. Camphor is a principal antidote in all poisoning by vege- table substances, and particularly sharp, acrid, burning poisons, which cause inflammation and redness; in all cases of poisoning, where the patient suffers from vomiting and diarrhoea, is pale, cold as ice, and almost senseless; in such cases, if you do not know what kind of poison has been taken, you should prefer giving camphor. It will suf- fice to let the patient smell it, or rub it on his skin. You can make a salve of it with warm oil, or easily dissolve it in heated brandy. Camphor is the principal remedy for poisons from in- sects, Spanish flies, whether they have been swallowed, or got into the eye, or when used as a plaster, and they have produced a poisonous effect. Also when venomous insects or infected honey has been swallowed, in case of violent symptoms after food, into which small bugs or worms may have accidentally fallen, or when small moths have been swallowed—likewise after the stings of insects. When, together with other symptoms, the patient finds it difficult to make water, or it is very painful to him, and the urine is intermixed mth blood, you may always pre- sume that this originates from Spanish flies, or other in- sects, and camphor is the best remedy. Camphor, finally, is applicable to dimmish the effects which medicine may have produced; when children fall sick after the usual preposterous worm medicines ; in acci- dents from tobacco, bitter almonds, and medicines that have the smell of these things, or cherry stones, peach kernels, acorns, or nuts. It is very useful for the after-pains from phosphorus, poisoning by minerals, or acids, and particularly salty things. When every thing has been ejected from the stomach, let the patient smell camphor from time to time.
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