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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    Disinfecting Fluid which contains about 230 grains to the ounce. Symptoms.—Corrosion of lips and mucous membrane of the mouth. Pain and incessant vomiting, acceleration of pulse and respiration, dilatation of pupils, paralysis of the voluntary muscles, coma, death. Treatment.—Carbonate of soda or carbon- ate of potasb in large quantities dissolved in warm water. Common washing soda will do if well diluted. 2. nsilk and eggs freely, with tepid water. 3. Tannic acid, gallic acid, decoction of oak bark, or strong tea. 4. DXorpbia. A hypodermic injection of half a grain, or thirty drops of laudanum by mouth, 5. Linseed meal poultices to abdomen. 6. If much pain in the abdomen, an enema of gruel, or stare water may be given.
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