The Scientific American cyclopedia of formulas : partly based upon the twenty-eighth edition of Scientific American cyclopedia of receipts, notes and queries 15,000 formulas / edited by Albert A. Hopkins.
- Albert A. Hopkins
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The Scientific American cyclopedia of formulas : partly based upon the twenty-eighth edition of Scientific American cyclopedia of receipts, notes and queries 15,000 formulas / edited by Albert A. Hopkins. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(Poisons) General principles, particularly artifi¬ cial respiration and oxygen inhalation. Hypnotics.—Chloral Hydrate, Chloral- amide, Sulphonal, Paraldehyde. General principles. Stimulants, par¬ ticularly 12. Iodine. General principles. Chemical antidote, 21. Demulcents, copiously. Irritants, Vegetable. — Unidentified Plants, Violent Purgatives, Nicotine, To¬ bacco, Savin, Squill. General principles. Demulcent, 7, freely by stomach tube. Lead Salts. General principles. Chemical anti¬ dote, 24. Mercury Salts. — White Precipitate, Red Precipitate. General principles. Demulcents, 10 and 7, freely. Mineral Oils.—Benzoline, Paraffin, Pe¬ troleum. General principles. Demulcent, 8, freely, followed by free lavage with milk. Morphine.—Opium, Codeine, Syrup of Poppy, Soothing Syrups, Chlorodyne, Laudanum, Paregoric. General principles. Chemical anti¬ dote, 28, freely washing out after use. Physiological antidote, 31. Stimulants freely, but do not overdo rousing, forced movements and exposure. Phosphorus.-— Rat Pastes. General principles. Chemical anti¬ dotes, 26, 27. Demulcents. Caution! avoid oil. Ptomaines.—Stale Food, Canned Food. General principles, especially treat¬ ment for collapse. Chemical antidote, 29. Silver Salts. General principles. Chemical anti¬ dote, 55. Strychnine.—Vermin Killer. General principles. Chloroform by in¬ halation, emesis by apomorphine, or lavage as soon as patient is under in¬ fluence of chloroform. Chemical anti¬ dote, 29. Physiological antidote, 37 or 32. Turpentine — Polishing Fluids or Pastes. General principles. Lavage with milk. Zinc Salts.—White Vitriol, Burnett’s Fluid, Soldering Fluid. Caution! Lavage and emesis inad¬ missible except in poisoning with neutral, zinc salts. Chemical antidote, 19. De¬ mulcent, 7, copiously. Medicinal and Fatal Doses of Poisons. Acetic Acid, Glacial.—Symptoms : Cor¬ rosion, perforation, odor, abdominal pain, (Poisons) collapse. Treatment: Not stomach pump ; soap and water, lime, magnesia, milk, oil, thick gruel. Morphia against shock. Aconite, monkshood, wolfsbane, blue rocket.—Symptoms : Tingling and numb¬ ness, warmth at pit of stomach, paralysis from below up. Pulse and respiration depressed ; mind clear. Treatment: Stom¬ ach pump or emetic ; stimulants ; atropia, hypodermic. Keep warm and recumbent. Digitalis hypodermic; amyl nitrite. Ar¬ tificial respiration. Alcohol, brandy.—Symptoms : Intoxi¬ cation, giddiness ; lips livid ; convulsions ; coma; stupor. Treatment: Stomach pump or apomorphia hypodermic; bat¬ tery, coffee, douche, amyl nitrite. Almonds, oil of bitter. See Hydrocy¬ anic Acid. Ammonia.—Symptoms : Burning pain in mouth, stomach and chest. Mem¬ branes swollen, red; difficult breathing, bloody vomiting; pulse slow ; pallor, loss of voice. Treatment: Not stomach pump. Vinegar, lemon juice; remulcent drinks ; tracheotomy; inhalation of steam or chloroform; morphia, hypodermic, for shock. Antimony, Tartar Emetic. — Symp¬ toms : Metallic taste, vomiting, choking sensation; pain in stomach, purging; thirst, cramps, cold sweat; head conges¬ tion, faintness; pulse and breathing weak ; collapse. Treatment: Tannic or gallic acid; tea, coffee, demulcent drinks; stimulants ; morphia, hypodermic. Antipyrine. — Antipyrine, antifebrin, acetanilid and many other anti remedies which are used for headaches and neural¬ gia are poisonous in large doses. They act chiefly by depressing the heart’s ac¬ tion. Besides emetics, the treatment con¬ sists of the free administration of stimu¬ lants, such as aromatic spirits of am¬ monia, coffee, whisky, etc. Aquafortis. See Nitric Acid. Arsenic, Vermin Killers, etc.—Symp¬ toms : Faintness, depression, burning pain; vomiting, purging; cramp, tight¬ ness in throat, thirst; pulse slow, breath painful, skin clammy; collapse. Treat¬ ment : Stomach pump, or apomorphia, hypodermic. Empty and wash the stom¬ ach well. Dialys. iron ; magnesia, castor oil. Stimulants: Mucilaginous drinks. Warmth. Morphia, hypodermic. Arum Maculatum, Cuckoo paint; lords and ladies, cows and calves ; wake-robin. —Symptoms: Vomiting, purging, con¬ vulsions ; pupils dilated; coma; tongue swells. Treatment: Emetic, castor oil, coffee. Atropine, Belladonna. See Belladonna. [16]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31361523_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
