ANTIDOTES FOR SPECIAL POISONINGS Lead: Epsom salts in large doses, 2 tablespoonfuls to a glass of water, bland liquors, castor-oil, milk or eggs.
Phosphorus: magnesia in water, potassium permanganate 1 to 1,000 solution in water, copper sulphate (bluestone in water), repeated V. gr. doses to cause vomiting, turpentine, a half tea spoonful in a glass of milk or water. Do not give oils or fats.
Prussic acid: peroxide of hydrogen internally, lime-water, kitchen soap or soda.
Plant Poisoning: Plant poisons in general do not require an antidote, being treated by induced vomiting, stimulants and brisk purge, like castor-oil.
Hydrochloric (muriatic), nitric (aqua fortis), oxalic, acetic, sulphuric (vitriol) acids: weak alkaline drinks at once, ammonia (8 teaspoonfuls in half a pint of water), baking soda, magnesia, chalk, lime, whitewash from walls, plaster, given in water, soap and water or tooth-powder. (No emetic.) Carbolic acid (creosote, guaiacol, creosol) : soluble sulphates, such as magnesium sulphate, sodium sulphate (Epsom and Glau ber's salts), dilute alcohol, raw eggs, flour and water, milk, castor or sweet oil. (No emetic.) Alkalis: dilute acids, vinegar on,: glass to quart of water, dilute acetic acid, 2-3 per cent, lemon juice, soothing fluid, oils, melted fat, milk, cream. (No emetic.) Silver preparations (silver nitrate, lunar caustic) : large drinks of salt water, soap, draughts of milk, baking soda.
Mercury (corrosive sublimate or bicliloride of mercury, blue ointment, oxide of mercury, black wash, yellow wash, cinnabar vermilion) : raw eggs or milk repeated of ter meals, soap, castor oil, flour and water. Emesis absolutely necessary after antidote has been down for 5-10 minutes. Mercury becomes free in intestines.
Arsenic (Fowler's solution, Paris green, Scheele's green, Schweinfurt green, arsenical dyes in papers and candies) : precipi tate form from magnesium (three tablespoons in a glass of water), iron sulphate (two fluid ounces in a glass of water), then mix, or ferric chloride precipitated by sodium bicarbonate; the rust scraped from iron stirred up in water and given, magnesia, follow with castor-oil.
Copper (blue vitriol or bluestone, verdigris) : milk, eggs, soap, flour and water.
Antimony (Tartar emetic, wine of antimony) : same as for mercury. Strong coffee or tea, teaspoonful of tannic acid in half glass of water followed by eggs or milk.
Iodine: starch and water.
Formaldehyde: bland drinks, milk and oils.
Opium: no antidote (emetics and stimulants used). Artificial respiration if breathing stops. Keep victim moving; repeated doses of caffeine.
Chloral (chloralamide, chloralose, chloral camphor) : no anti dotes (treatment similar to opium treatment).
Veronal, trional, sulphonal, ammonal: no antidote (stimulants).
Ptomaine (poison from decayed meats, fish, vegetables, con taminated canned foods) : (after emetic) castor-oil, Epsom salts or other rapidly acting cathartic, enema of warm soap-suds with a teaspoon of turpentine to the pint or two teaspoons of glycerine.
Aconite: no antidote (induced vomiting and stimulant).
Belladonna: no antidote (induced vomiting and stimulant).
Strychnia (nux vomica) : no antidote (emetic and quiet). In extreme poisoning inject solution magnesium sulphate into spinal canal. Person in semi-sitting position during and after injection.
(W. R. R.)