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Medicine (Cover them with the charcoal)
cover them with the charcoal or fermenting poultice until nature separates the dead parts from the living, during which process a generous diet, bark, etc., must be allowed. A wash of dilute solution of nitric acid, 50 drops to a pint, may be poured over the parts daily; or a dressing of so- Remedies. Give the patient immediately two grains of tartar emetic, twenty-five or thirty of ipecacuanha, and an ounce of salts, dissolved in a glass of water, one-third to be taken every fifteen minutes, until he vomits freely. Then purge with castor oil. If there is great pain in the belly, ap-lution of bromine. ply leeches, blisters, etc.
Tobacco, Hemlock, Nightshade, Spurred Rye, etc.
Remedies. An emetic as directed for opium.
If the poison has been swallowed some time, purge with castor oil. Brandy or ammonia may be required for stimulation in tobacco poisoning. Poisonous Fish.