A manual of toxicology; in which the symptoms, treatment, and tests of the various poisons, mineral, vegetable, and animal, are concisely stated. To which are added, directions for the recovery of persons in a state of suspended animation / by William Stowe.

Date:
1823
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual of toxicology; in which the symptoms, treatment, and tests of the various poisons, mineral, vegetable, and animal, are concisely stated. To which are added, directions for the recovery of persons in a state of suspended animation / by William Stowe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Nitrate of silver is precipitated by them in form of a dark coloured oxyd, solu- ble in nitric acid. Potash and soda may be distinguished from each other by evaporating their solutions to dryness ; potash will be- come moist by absorbing water from the air, while soda will remain dry. Am- monia is known by its pungent smell. ALKALINE EARTHS. I/I ME j BARYTESJ PURE BARYTES } CARBONATE J MURIATE. SYMPTOMS. Violent vomitings, convulsions, palsy, of the limbs, distressing pains in the abdomen, hiccup, alteration of the countenance, and very early death. TREATMENT. If lime has been taken, vinegar and other vegetable ucids are the best anti- dotes. If barytes in any of its forms has been swallowed, a weak solution of Epsom or Glauber’s salt should be drank plcnti-