Ready remedies to be used in cases of poisoning and other accidents, where medical aid is not immediately available / by James Johnson.

  • Johnson, James, 1777-1845.
Date:
1846
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Credit: Ready remedies to be used in cases of poisoning and other accidents, where medical aid is not immediately available / by James Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    must be given if it can be readily procured; this generally acts as a powerful emetic. If this, however, cannot be obtained, a mustard emetic* should be administered, and the vomiting promoted by drink¬ ing large quantities of barley water, linseed tea, milk or tepid water: the two first being of a mucila¬ ginous nature are to be preferred; tickling the back of the throat with a feather will often cause the stomach to reject its contents. It frequently happens that this treatment alone is sufficient for relief in accidents of this nature. After the stomach has been cleansed by the emetic, &c,, as described above, lime water, or chalk diffused in water, if it can be procured, may be given in large quantities. Hahnemann has recom¬ mended soap to be dissolved in water, in the pro¬ portion of a pound to four pints, and a tea-cupful to be given every five or six minutes; this undoubtedly is the best treatment if lime water is not at hand. Powdered charcoal may also be administered with advantage if the other remedies are not immediately attainable. The above remedies may be used with some degree of confidence, although their good effects are not sufficiently certain to establish them as ANTIDOTES. ANTIM.0 N Y. COMMON FORM. Tartarized Antimony, Tartar Emetic. This metal and its compounds are not very poison¬ ous. The preparation which has the most powerful effect on the system is the tartar emetic. The in¬ stances of its administration in large doses generally occur where it has been given intentionally, mixed * Flour of mustard, in the proportion of a dessert-spoonful diffused in a tea-cupful of tepid water, furnishes a useful domestic emetic where immediate vomiting is required, hut it cannot always be depended on.