The homoeopathist, or, Domestic physician / by C. Hering.

  • Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880.
Date:
1835-38
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Credit: The homoeopathist, or, Domestic physician / by C. Hering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This may sometimes require a whole year, and then only a rapid and lasting improvement can take place; provided the patient does not labor under an incurable disease, against which neither the old system nor the new can prevail. —*e»®«-$$— G. OF POISONING. It is but seldom that one person administers poison to another with a view to cause death; and it happens as seldom that a man takes poison to destroy himself; poisoning generally results from carelessness in han- dling noxious substances, ignorance of their properties, or thoughtlessly using them in the preparation of eat- ables and liquors. As every one is interested in being able to point out poisons that may endanger life, we in- tend to give some directions how to trace improper mixtures of the kind, how to guard against poisoning, and then to indicate certain means to be used as anti- dotes in case an accident should occur. Adulteration of food and liquors is more frequent than people are aware, particularly in large towns, and originates principally with the English, who have made the greatest progress in this method of poisoning, and have even taken out patents for it; — others have learned this art of them.