Part 11

=Arsenic.=—Stomach-pump or an emetic; freshly precipitated ferric hydrate (tablespoonful every ten minutes) made by adding magnesia to any iron solution; demulcents—oil or egg-albumin.

=Atropin.=—Same as Belladonna.

=Belladonna.=—Emetic or stomach-pump; tannic acid as an antidote; cold to head; enema of warm black coffee.

=Camphor.=—Empty the stomach; apply a hot-water bag to the abdomen, and stimulate the patient if necessary.

=Cantharides.=—Emetic or stomach-pump; egg-white; mucilaginous drinks in abundance; avoid all oily substances.

=Chloroform.=—Withdrawal of drug; lowering of head; pulling tongue forward; artificial respiration; stimulants—strychnin, digitalis, ammonia.

=Cocain.=—Empty the stomach by means of the stomach-pump or an emetic. Stimulate patient and administer artificial respiration.

=Colchicum.=—Stomach-pump or emetic; external heat; white of egg; stimulants; opium for pain.

=Copper Sulphate.=—Yellow prussiate of potassium, soap, or magnesia; milk and albumin freely; opium for pain.

=Corrosive Sublimate.=—White of egg freely; milk; emetic or stomach-pump; opium for pain.

=Creosote.=—Same as Carbolic acid.

=Croton Oil.=—Emetic; mucilaginous drinks; opium.

=Cyanide of Potassium.=—Same as Hydrocyanic acid.

=Digitalis.=—Recumbent position; stomach-pump with patient recumbent; external heat; tannic acid.

=Elaterium.=—Emetic; external heat; demulcents; opium.

=Ergot.=—Empty stomach; copious drafts of warm water, coffee, or tea; quick purgative (croton oil); place patient in recumbent position; give hot sponge-bath and apply friction to the body.

=Gas, Illuminating.=—Fresh air; artificial respiration; oxygen inhalations; injections of ammonia and strychnin.

=Iodin.=—Starch-paste as an antidote; emetic; external heat; demulcents; opium.

=Lead Salts.=—Epsom salt as antidote; emetic; milk or egg-white.

=Lobelia.=—External heat; tannic acid; stomach-pump; stimulants.

=Matches.=—Same as Phosphorus.

=Morphin.=—Same as Opium.

=Mushroom, poisonous (Toad-stools).=—Emetics; atropin (¹/₁₀₀ gr.) hypodermically; castor oil; stimulants.

=Nux Vomica.=—Same as Strychnin.

=Opium.=—Stomach-pump or emetic; repeated lavage; black coffee enema; potassium permanganate (5 gr.) in tumblerful of water, or tannic acid as an antidote; keep patient awake with cold affusions or electric brush; artificial respiration; respiratory stimulants—atropin, ammonia, strychnin, cocain, caffein.

=Phenacetin.=—Same as Acetanilid.

=Phosphorus.=—Copper sulphate as an emetic; dilute peroxid of hydrogen or potassium permanganate as an antidote; Epsom salt as a purge; avoid all oils and fatty substances.

=Potassa or Soda (Lye).=—Vinegar or lemon-juice as an antidote; oils or egg-white; opium.