A practical treatise on poisons and asphyxies, adapted to general use : followed by directions for the treatment of burns and for the distinction of real from apparent death / By M.P.[!] Orfila ... Tr. from the Fench, with notes and additions, by J.G. Stevenson, M.D., with an appendix.

  • Orfila, Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure, 1787-1853. Secours à donner aux personnes empoisonnées ou asphyxiées. English
Date:
1826
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Credit: A practical treatise on poisons and asphyxies, adapted to general use : followed by directions for the treatment of burns and for the distinction of real from apparent death / By M.P.[!] Orfila ... Tr. from the Fench, with notes and additions, by J.G. Stevenson, M.D., with an appendix. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    in the cure of individuals who are poisoned, or are Laboring under asph\ \ \. We have particularly detailed the manner of preparing and administering the remedies, and have pointed out their doses and the proper time for their exhibition. If we should be charged with too great minuteness and repetition, the in- terest of the sick must serve as our apolog\. It may be useful to premise some general re- marks upon the subjects which we propose to treat. Mineral Poisons. The mineral poisons, the history of which we shall present, are the concentrated acids and al- kalies, the preparations of arsenic, of copper, an- timony, mercury, bismuth, zinc, tin, gold, and sil- ver ; nitre, the artificial Bareges baths, sal ammo- niac, etc. We shall begin with the description of the ef- fects which they produce, after they have been introduced into the stomach, or applied to wounds. When the effects are similar to those of another poison which have been previously de- scribed, we shall content ourselves with pointing- out the number of the paragraph [§] in which they are detailed ; and shall thus be able to avoid ;i meat number of repetitions.