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

  • William Murrell
Date:
1884
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Credit: What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    YEW. (Taxus BaccataJ. How taken.—Leaves or berries eaten by children or lunatics. Decoction of leaves taken to bring on the menses. Yew-tree tea sometimes used to procure abortion. Symptoms,—Convulsions, insensibility, coma, dilated pupils, paleness of the countenance, small pulse, cold extremities, nausea and vomiting. Death may be sudden and unex- pected. Fatal Dose.—^Not known, but said that atea- spoonful of the leaves has caused the death of an adult. Treatment.—i. Emetic of mustard, sulphate of zinc or ipecacuanha. 2. Stimulants freely, such as brandy, cham- pagne, sal volatile or chloric ether. ZINC. The chloride is the salt which most com- monly gives rise to dangerous symptoms. Used in soldering as a flux. Basis of Burnett’s
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