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Some Kitchen Kinks: Lead
Lead (Red Lead, Sugar Lead, White Lead, poisons cause cramps, paralysis, convulsions, giddiness, stupor.
Epsom or Glauber salts, apply mus- Cause vomiting, give large doses of stimulating drinks. In acute attacks tard plaster to extremities, and give of lead colic the same treatment may be pursued, except to omit the vomiting.
Prussic Acid, a violent poison, is sometimes taken by children in eating the pits of stone fruits or bitter almonds, which contain it. The antidote is to empty the stomach by an Apply cold water all over the body, emetic and give water of ammonia. followed by warm-hand friction. Apply a bottle of smelling salts to the nose, dash cold water on the face, and give stimulants, as whisky, etc.
Vegetable Poisons. - Known or unknown herbs such as hellebore, bittersweet, poke berries, hemlock, Jamestown weed, tobacco, etc. The most of these cause vomiting, intoxication, stupor, etc. It is a safe rule to cause vomiting, give warm drinks, and stimulants.