The Owosso times., 1881-07-15

to treat burns, but perhaps we ought
now to say that a good application,
that can always be obtained. is cooking
soda. Sprinkle the burnt surface ut
once with this powder and cover Il with
wet cloth, or immerse the burnt part
In alum water, strong brine or soap
suds. A good salve for subsequent ap-
piication is sweet oil and cooking soda,
linseed oil and turpentine. The thing
to be done is to protect the burnt sur
face against the influence Of the air.
An excellent application to make at
once is a Tablespoonful of unsalted lard.
the white Of one egg, and
a teaspoonful of cooking soda,
well mixed. Burns or scsllds upon the
faceare-best treated by applying mu-
cilage or gum arabic, 1T forms COM
plete covering and obviates the use Of
rags. Repeatrthe application every ten
to fifteen minutes, until a thick arti6-
cial skin has been formed. 1t is 10
transparent that the condition Of the
burnt surface can be seen from day to
day. 1t ultimately scales of, and
leaves q new skin, perfectly smooth
and fair.
Another class of accidents is that of
poisons that are often found In dwell
ings. With such poisons and their an
tidotes the mother, as house-physician,
should, be familiar. All bottles con-
tanning medicines or chemicals should
be labelled. Medicines should be put
in clear, round vials. Poisons and
chemicals should be placed in dark and
square bottles. Both classes of bottles
should be kept out of reach of children.
The house-physician should know the
nature of the contents of all bottles
kept within her dwelling. If any poi
son has been taken, give at once four
to eight tablespoonfuls of cream, or
milk, or sweet oil, or white of eggs,
beaten up in warm water. The white
of eggs il always to be preferred. These
things may lessen the irritating ten
dency of the poison, and as soon as
swallowed may be followed by any
means of exciting vomiting. Vomit-
ing may be induced by tickling the up
per part of the throat with a feather.
or finger, or by drinking pint of
tepid water, or by a teaspoonful Of
mustard mixed in a pint of tepid water.
To this last draught a half teaspoonful
of saleratus may be added. if the poison
is an acid. Follow. these with repeated
draughts of tepid water every quarter
of an hour, until the stomach is we'll
cleansed. t.r .4ad s6
The antidotes for sulphuric. nitric,
oxalic, hydro-chloric acids, are chalk
or magnesia in soap-suds,a and then vom-
iting. g,ae aT-f vl
The antidotes for alkalies. potash, or
lye, soda, ammonia on heartshorn, are
vinegar OF lemon-juice, and vomiting.
The antidOtes for arsenic, or ratsbane,
Paris green, are milk, eggs, -four and
water, and vomiting. The antidote for
corrosive sublimate, bug poision, are tho
whites OF six eggs, stirred in tepid
water, and repeated every ten minutes
for four times, and then an emetic Of tep-
i'd water and milk freely given. The
antidotes for carbolicacid are magnesia,
mucilage of gum arabic, and then at
once an emetic Of tepid water, The an
tidotes for opium, laudanum, morphine,
paragoric, soothing syrups, is an emet-
ic of mustard-water and a little salera-
tus, and then: strong coffee without
milk or sugar. Keep the patient NOV
ing rapidly III the open air. If child,
keep him crying. Apply mustard plas-
ters to his neck, back. calves, and feet.
If an adult, green hide, applied brisk
ly to the naked skin, is very useful by
way of preventing sleep. If a large
quantity Of laudanum or other form Of
opium has bee htaken, give pint of
strong saleratus-water and follow it at
once by half-a-pint of vinegar and water
or sour cider. As soon as the vinegar
reaches the saleratus, effervescence will
begin and the contents Of the stomach
will hasten out.
Croton oil is often used as liniment,
kept in the medical chest, and now and
then taken by mistake. Give the pa
tient at once a teacupful of sweet oil,
or cod-liver Oil every ten minutes. If
the oil is rancid, so much the better
and so much the quicker the patient will
vomit. A drop of croton oil forms
strong cathartic. A young woman, by
mistake, took sixty drops, She was
given very rancid cod-liyer oil and it
would not stay in the stomach, but
came up at once, bringing with it the
croton oil, which did not remain long
enough to do any harm. Rancid oil Is
very useful after any irritating poison
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