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Antidotes.—Albumen; milk; white of egg (white of i egg to
every 4 grs. of corrosive sublimate taken) ; flour; perchloride of
tin ; iron and zinc (iron filings 2 parts and zinc i part); emetics;
stomach-pump.
CREASOTE (See Carbolic Acid).
CROTON OIL.
Symptoms.—Irritation of mucous membrane ; burning pain
along course of alimentary tract; excessive purging; inflamma-
tion of stomach and intestines.
Antidotes.—Emetic of sulphate of copper, 10 grs., followed by
mucilaginous fluids containing opium, to allay the pain ; olive
oil ; opium.
SULPHATE OF COPPER.
Symptoms.— Metallic taste ; eructations ; violent emesis and
purging; cramps in limbs; griping pains; headache; giddiness;
convulsions ; coma and death, with symptoms of a disordered
condition of the nervous system.
Antidotes.—Albumen or white of egg yellow prussiate of
;
potash, or soap.
DIGITALIS.
Symptoms.—Nausea ; vomiting ; purging ; feeble or slow and
irregular pulse; dilated pupils; excessive debility ; stupor; con-
vulsions ; coma and death.
Antidotes.—Recumbent posture after the use of such emetics as
sulphate of zinc ; stimulate internally and externally ; tannic
acid; animal charcoal ; tincture of aconite.
HYDROCYANIC ACID.
Symptoms.— Dilated pupils; spasmodic breathing; convulsions;
insensibility; fixed eyes ; spasmodic closure of jaws ; very feeble
pulse and speedy death.
Antidotes.—Fresh air and artificial respiration, with cold affusion
upon head and neck ; freshly precipitated oxide of iron, with an
alkaline carbonate, such as carbonate of ammonia; chlorine;
ammonia by inhalation and injection in vein of leg.