Observations on poisons : and on the use of mercury in the cure of obstinate dysenteries / by Thomas Houlston.

Edinburgh : Printed for C. Elliot, 1787.

95 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

A new ed., with additions, amendments, and an appendix.

Contents: I. A summary account of the several poisons, and of the means of counteracting their effects - II. On mineral poisons - III. Case of a boy poisoned by the root of the hemlock dropwort - IV. Directions for giving assistance to persons dying from drinking spirits - V. Observations on canine madness - VI. On the effects of mercurials in the cure of obstinate dysenteries - Additional observations - Additional cases - Appendix. VII. A remarkable instance of recovery after swallowing a large dose of corrosive sublimate - VIII. Some experiments relative to the duration of the infectious power of variolous matter - IX. Remarks on the hydrophobia, and on the efficacy of the Ormskirk medicine for the bite of a mad dog - X. Cursory remarks on the effects of some poisons, and the hydrophobia, extracted from a letter from Professor Batt, of the University of Genoa

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