Preservative plan; or, hints for the preservation of persons exposed to those accidents which suddenly suspend or extingui[s]h vital action, and by which many valuable lives are prematurely lost to the community / by A. Fothergill.

  • Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813.
Date:
1798
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Credit: Preservative plan; or, hints for the preservation of persons exposed to those accidents which suddenly suspend or extingui[s]h vital action, and by which many valuable lives are prematurely lost to the community / by A. Fothergill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    3. Take ipecacuanha-wine four ounces, of which let an ounce be adminiftered every hour or oftener in warm vinegar-whey, aiding its operation by the warm bath and copious beverage. 4. The only chance of evacuating the remains of the ftupifying poifon is, by thus converting it into a ' powerful fudorific, as in Dover’s Sweating-Powder, and thereby expelling it through the pores of ^e fkin.- 5. By this method, fome years ago, I happily fucceeded in faving the life of an amiable young woman, who, through the miftake of the apothecary, had taken, in place of tindture of rhubarb, about two ounces and a half of liquid laudanum. This enormous dofe had been fwallowed upwards of an hour before I faw her. The lethargic fymptoms, crowding on apace, were become very alarming before the remedy could be got down. Being vigoroufly purfued, however, with the above-mentioned regimen, it produced at length, according to my wiihes, a, moft profufe fweat, which continued feveral hours, and ultimately terminated in perfed recovery. After being refeued by this hair-breadth efcape, feveral days elapfed indeed before her difordered fenfes were completely reftored. Pajfms.