What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell.

  • Murrell, William, 1853-1912.
Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    quainted with the composition of those patent medicines which possess active properties. There is no royal road to diagnosis, and the only way to arrive at a correct conclusion is to utilize your knowledge of the pharmacological action of drugs. The following lists may be of some use, but no attempt has been made to render them complete, and they must be taken as being merely suggestive.— I. Ton find ttie Patient Dead. 1. Prussic Acid. Death in a few min- utes at the outside. 2. Cyanide of Potassium. Usually kills very quickly. 3. Strong Ammonia. May kill in a few minutes. 4. Carbonic Acid Gas. If pure may kill almost at once. 5. Carbonic Oxide. 6. Oxalic Acid. Almost any active poison if given in a very large dose. II. The Patient la Comatose. I. Opium ; Morphine. 3- Alcohol. 3. Chloral. 4. Chloroform. 5. Camphor.