A popular treatise on the remedies to be employed in cases of poisoning and apparent death : including the means of detecting poisons, of distinguishing real from apparent death, and of ascertaining the adulteration of wines / by M.P. Orfila ; translated from the French under the inspection of the author, by William Price.

  • Orfila, Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure, 1787-1853.
Date:
1818
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Credit: A popular treatise on the remedies to be employed in cases of poisoning and apparent death : including the means of detecting poisons, of distinguishing real from apparent death, and of ascertaining the adulteration of wines / by M.P. Orfila ; translated from the French under the inspection of the author, by William Price. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    verified: one or two of these characters will fre- quently be sufficient to discover the venomous substance. By the assistance of these data, the medical attendant can easily determine the na- ture of the poison swallowed, and will be able with more certainty to prevent its effects. Before speaking of the treatment of poisoned persons, we shall examine, under the title of Counter-poisons, those substances which have been regarded as such by several physicians: we shall reject such as are useless or dangerous, and recommend only those the efficacy of which has been demonstrated by reiterated experiments. These are the white of eggs, milk, common salt, vinegar, lemon juice, soap, gall-nuts, and some other substances which may be procured with the greatest facility*. After having examined every thing relative to counter-poisons, we shall describe very minutely the manner of treating the various cases of poi- soning; indicate the preparation of the medicines which should be administered, the doses in which thfcy should be given, and the order in which they should be taken until the time when tlie patients become convalescent; and then, instead of aban- doning them, we will follow them until com- pletely re-established in health, being persuaded that it is necessary to give the most assiduous attention to convalescents, if we would not lose tho benefit of the medicines already employed.