A Manual of toxicology; in which the symptoms, treatment, and tests of the various poisons, mineral, vegetable, and animal, are concisely stated. To which are added, directions for the recovery of persons in a state of suspended animation. / By William Stowe.

  • Stowe, William.
Date:
1823
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Credit: A Manual of toxicology; in which the symptoms, treatment, and tests of the various poisons, mineral, vegetable, and animal, are concisely stated. To which are added, directions for the recovery of persons in a state of suspended animation. / By William Stowe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MINERAL POISONS. ARSENIC. OXYD, ARSENIOUS ACID, OR WHITE ARSE~ NIC; SULPHURET, OR YELLOW ARSENIC ORPIMENT. SYMPTOMS. An austere taste, fetid breath, ptya- lism, constriction of the pharynx and cesophagus, hiccup, nausea, and vomit-. ing of brown or bloody matter ; arixiety and faintings, heat and violent pain at the pit of the stomach, stools black and offensive, pulse small, frequent, and irre- gular; palpitations; great thirst and burning heat; breathing difficult ; urine scanty, red, and bloody; delirium, con- vulsions of an epileptic character, and death. B