ANTIDOTE TO MORPHINE, PHOSPHORUS AND SNAKE-BITE.—ii. Winiarn Moor, of New York, has shown that potash per manganate is a direct chemical antidote for morphine, but is without effect on atropine, cocaine, veratrine, pilocarpine, aconitine, and strychnine. An equal quantity, grain for grain, of perman ganate is antidotal to morphine. In cases of poisoning by opium, laudanum, or the uncombined alkaloid, he advises acidulation of the antidotal solution with dilute sulphuric acid, or white-wine vinegar, in order that the insoluble mor phine may be converted into a soluble salt. (See Ortum.) Hagnos, of Budapest, has found the permanganate a reliable antidote in phosphorus poisoning. After washing 1, ,iitit dike,- a pint of . , 4 . sit 'tilt( ii and allows it to 1. . 1. 01,1 11(.1 .ininediately after ,,• 1, • •, z di( wound it is efficacious .1, L L.\ %I t•I'S.—Externally the per 1,•:, a 1% ,(.IC fle1(1 of usefulness. •! wa-li or on compresses of -r HI. in the strength of 2 to 10 T. 1.. ounce of watLr, it is a h•ri ( r and disinfectant for . ounds, cancerous growths, 1, ....ran,,rtne, and caries. Dilute hay( a stimulant action on the and favor granulation and heal It may bo tised as a spray in ozfena r ..= a in. uth-wash or spray in diph
tl,, sLarlatina. and conditions causing frin,i 1 ri ath.
tiward of 300 cases of toothache from (1, ntal caries successfully treated by ad ministering '/,,, solution of permanganate f ictash in the form of a. mouth-wash. One tablespoonful WfIS taken into the mouth every half-hour, and held on the affected side for several minutes. The agonizing pain disappeared in a few Lours. Popoff (Russkaia .No. 19, .
z,1(,nging. the feet with permanganate s.,11.ti.,n will remove the odor of abnor mal erspiration. In purulent ophthal mia p rinanganate solutions (1 to 2000 I rr 1 to 5000) have been found useful. A 2- 5-per-cenz. solution has been used • with Ienefit in leucorrhcea. In a 1- to 2-per-cent. solution it finds favor as an n for (gonorrhoea.
11. rn er ganate solutions should not be =1-1,;«•:«1 into gunshot wounds of the ab dr.T, n. rr into abscesses connected with e perItoneal cavity, as they are some *.rne• irritating or even caustic. Glye Prrn -1 ot ld not be added to perman ganatr, solution:, as it is incompatible, and fr'rms a violent explosive.