Preservative plan; or, hints for the preservation of persons exposed to those accidents which suddenly suspend or extingui[s]h vital action, and by which many valuable lives are prematurely lost to the community / by A. Fothergill.

  • Anthony Fothergill
Date:
1798
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Credit: Preservative plan; or, hints for the preservation of persons exposed to those accidents which suddenly suspend or extingui[s]h vital action, and by which many valuable lives are prematurely lost to the community / by A. Fothergill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    [ 3« ] the carneft requeft of their worthy Treafurer, not to fufFer fo dangerous a fubftance to be fold in their {hops, unlefs two or more creditable pcrfonsi lhall accompany the buyer, and teftify the purpofc for which it is defigned.” 3. Thofe, who have recourfe to fo dangerous a remedy for the cure' of agues and other difeafes, ought to be admoniflied, that it is at the rifle of the padent’s future health, and that, without the utmoft nicety and precifion as to the dofe, the cure may prove much worfe than the difeafe. 4. Arfenic, even in the dofe of a few grains, caufes excruciating pains, enormous vomitings, errofions of the ftomach, cold fweats, convulfions, mortification, and death. 5. To prevent ^e impending danger, the poifon ought to be evacuated with all poflible expedition. Let, therefore, an emetic of thirty grains of white vitriol be inftantly given, drinking, at repeated draughts, a gallon of tepid water, to which are added two ounces of caftof-oil. ‘ 6. To decompofe or fubdue any remaining particles of the arfenic that may be ftill lurking in the folds of the ftomach or bowels, let two * \ ounces of liver of fulphur be dilTolved in a gallon more of tepid water, drinking a pint every half hour, till the whole be taken. 7. Other rfiineral poifons, as thofe of lead, copper, | or corrofive fublimate, require nearly the fame | . treatment