A manual of instruction in the principles of prompt aid to the injured : including a chapter on hygiene and disinfection, designed for civil and military use / by Alvah H. Doty.

  • Doty, Alvah H. (Alvah Hunt), 1854-1934.
Date:
1913
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Credit: A manual of instruction in the principles of prompt aid to the injured : including a chapter on hygiene and disinfection, designed for civil and military use / by Alvah H. Doty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mistaken. Aconite is commonly found in fever-mixtures, neuralgia cures, liniments and ointments, and is exceed- ingly poisonous. Symptoms.—Great prostration; tingling of the lips, mouth and throat, and extremities—the latter become numb; slow and weak pulse ; shallow respiration ; the mind is generally clear; convulsions may sometimes occur. Treatment.—Emetics; free use of stimulants ; warmth to extremities ; twenty drops of tincture of belladonna, re- peated (once) in half an hour; mustard over heart and calves of legs ; artificial respiration. Alcohol.—Acute poisoning is very uncommon. A large amount is sometimes taken for a wager, or by one unaccustomed to its use. Symptoms.—i^QQ Intoxication.) Treatment.—Evacuate stomach if possible. Keep the patient aroused by pinching, slapping with wet towel, or hot and cold douches to head and spine; coffee in large amount by stomach or rectum ; inhalation of ammonia, and artificial respiration ; strychnine. Belladonna.—(Deadly night-shade.) Contained in cough-mixtures, etc., liniments, ointments, and plasters. Atropine, the active principle of belladonna, is commonly found in eye medicaments. Poisoning sometimes follows the use of an external application containing either bella- donna or atropine, it being absorbed through the unbroken skin. >S'?/?7ipfoms.—Headache; intense dryness of mucous membrane of mouth, throat, and nasal cavity ; inability to swallow ; eyes brilliant (belladonna is often used for this purpose); pupils dilated; face usually flushed; delirium and stupor, or convulsions. Pulse accelerated. Treafmenf. — (Belladonna and atropine.) Emetics; opium, repeated (once) in half an hour; stimulants; warmth to extremities ; artificial respiration. Camphor.—Usually taken in the form of a tincture (spirits), or the gum.