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Belladonna:--Give an emetic of mustard, salt and water; then drink plenty of
vinegar and water or lemonade.
Charcoal:--In poisons, by carbonic gas, remove the patient to the open air, dash
cold water on the head and body, and stimulate the nostrils and lungs with
hartshorn, at the same time rubbing the chest briskly.
Corrosive Sublimate, Saltpetre, Blue Vitriol, Bed-bug poison:--Give white of
egg, freshly mixed with water, in large quantities; or give wheat flour and
water, or soap and water freely, or salt and water, or large draughts of milk.
Lead:--White lead and sugar of lead. Give an emetic, then follow with
cathartics, such as castor oil, and epsom salts especially.
Nux Vomica:--First emetics, and then brandy.
Oxalic Acid (frequently taken for epsom salts): First give soap and water, or
chalk or magnesia and water. Give every two minutes.
White Vitriol:--Give plenty of milk and water.
Tartar Emetic:--Take large doses of tea made of white oak bark, or peruvian
bark. Drink plenty of warm water to encourage vomiting; then, if the vomiting
should not stop, give a grain of opium in water.
Nitrate of Silver (lunar caustic):--Give a strong solution of common salt and
water, and then an emetic.
Verdigris:--Give plenty of white of egg and water.
Tobacco:--Emetics, frequent draughts of cold water; camphor and brandy.
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