The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-22

nj nsrnesia are also recommended.
Large quantities of cream and albu.
men Tor white of egRs) also resard
she action OF lead poisons. ard en-
etics are given 10 promote vomiting
If the poison does not itself occasion
It.
The action on the sys,em OF the
salts OF sntimony when taken in con-
siderable doses is similar to that OF
arsenic, The usual antidotes are
solution OF tanDin. strong tea. and
magnets and milk.
The symptoms OF poisoning with
Copper salts are similar to those
produced by araenic, but the vomited
matters are blue or green. and there
is usually Q "eoppery taste" In the
mouth. The usual sntidotes are
warm wafer TO promote vomiting,
whits OF egge, etroag tes or tannln
solutions. and weak solutions OF pEo.
tosulphate OF iron or potassium ferro-
cyanide in water.
Salts or preparations containing
mercury in any form-corrosive sub
Innate, white preciPitate, mercuric
iodide, verniIlion. mercurie sulphase,
mercurie ointmenss. etc.-are ex
tremely poisonous. A few minutes
after swallowing any of these "cop-
perry" taste is observed, followed by .
sense oil construction in the throat
and irritation of the throat and sto
- ann
occur, the voniled matter consisting
of coAgulated mucus and blood.
Disrrhea follows, and the face of the
patient becomes swollen and alter
nately flushed and pale The puNe
becomes small and irregular, the skin
clammy, and respiration labsred. In
extreme cases the interior OF che lips
becomes swollen and the tongue white
and snrlveled. The cass frequently
terminates with synoope, commissions,
or general insensibillty. Egg albu-
men administered with warm water
to allay the irritation and produce
vomiting is the usual antidose. Milk
and gluten or -four 10 also recon-
mended. Active efforts should st once
be made to effect the entire expulsion
OF the contents of the stomach. The
stomach pump cannot be used.
The operation OF such narcotic poi
sons IS opium and pIuesic acid or
prusis,e of potash (hYdrocyanic acid
or potassium cyauide) is confined
chiefly to the spinal marrow and
brain.
The effects of hydrocysbic acid
land potassium or other similar cyan.
lde) are almost instantaneous; il is
very rarely the case that they are de-
lsyed more than two or three min
utes. On the other hand, cases OF
fatal poisoning by opium do not ter
inmate earlier than from six to
twelve hours.
10 cases OF poisoning by cysnides
emetics and toe st mach pump are
at once called into requisition.
Freshly precipita ed hydroiron oxide,
il administered mmediateIy, is per-
hsps one of the best antidoteS. Chlor-
inc water injected into the stomach is
also recommended.
Nitrate of silver yields with solution
of the soluAble cysnides q white pre-
cipitate. When 9 few drops OF
so'ution OF potash in gum water is
mixed with q small sample of the
suspected liquid and solution o: sul-
phate of iron is then added a dark
brown precitpate separates in f:w
minutes. This. precipiIsts. when
sgitated with sulphuric acid. develops
q deep blue color if cyanides we're
present.
These are only few of the long
list of active poisons, but they include
those which A:e in nine cGseS cut OF
ten responsible for the fearful record
OF poisoning casea- AMI it is Assur-
eddy true that but for want OF little
ti0ely and definite knowledge respect.
ing common poisonA land their anti
dotes-such as We have endeavored 70
briefly sketch above-the list OF fatali-
ties from poisoning might have been
shortened onc-ihird. Scientific Amer
can.