Outlines of medical jurisprudence for India / by J.D.B. Gribble and Patrick Hehir.

  • Gribble, J. D. B. (James Dunning Baker), -1906.
Date:
1898
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    Stimulants. Child-poison- ing. insoluble ferric arseniate. The ferric hydrate, should, how- ever, have been recently prepared or else it loses its effect. It is also only efficacious when immediately given, because it will only act when it comes in contact with the arsenious acid, and when once the poison has been removed from the stomach, by absorption into the tissues, the administration of the hydrate becomes absolutely useless. Ferric hydrate may be readily prepared, by adding strong ammonia to the solu- tion, or tincture of ferric chloride, found in every chemist's shop, care being taken to add no caustic excess of ammonia ; the liquid need not be filtered but at once administered. (Blyth) . Solution of carbonate of sodium may be used in- stead of the ammonia. An ounce dose of dialysed iron given repeatedly also answers well. Magnesia may be given if iron is not available. 654. Stimulants are to be given freely if there be much prostration. Mucilaginous drinks, such as barley water, lin- seed tea, or white of egg, are soothing to the inflamed stomach. Keep the patient warm, and when the violent symptoms have abated, apply a linseed meal poultice to stomach, and give a hypodermic solution of one-third of a grain of morphine. 655. Cases frequently occur in which arsenic is adminis- tered to children owing to some neighbour wishing to wreak a spite against their parents. A case of this kind was tried at one of the Cuddapah sessions in 1883. Two neighbours, a man and a woman, were quarrelling, owing to a cock, be- longing to the latter, having strayed into the former's yard. They made use of very foul language, and soon afterwards the man went out to work. During the day the man's two children were playing outside the house, and the woman called one of them into her hut and gave him a ball of jaggery, which he came out eating. Very soon afterwards he was seized with the usual symptoms and died in about four hours. Arsenic was found in the stomach, and arsenic was also found in the woman's house. In this case one of the assessors o-ave it as his opinion that the prisoner was not guilty, and,