Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-29
Daily eagle
WOMAN AND HOME.
SOME PARTICULARS AS TO POiSONs
AND THEIR ANTIDOTES,

Utilizing Ensraytngs for Decorative Pw~
Carpet-The Mother Instinct-Infants.
Household Hints.
When ammonia water has been drank,
vinegar and water should be given freely
and on the instant This may be followed
by copious acid drinks-lemonade, orange
juice. etc. A generous dose of sweet oil will
also be useful Ice freely employed will
somewhat control the Inflammation and
opium VIII be needed to subdue the pain
Arnica Is sometimes drank by mistake for
something else. To empty the stomach thor
oughly with an emetic, then follow with
generous dose of castor oil, If it can be borne,
are the first important steps In treatment
Paregoric will subdue the pain and, If the
headache persists, employ a hot foot bath,
put mustard paste to the back Of the neck,
and give one-half teaspoonful of the bromide
Of potassium dissolved in water.
When children drink kerosene oil, or
mothers administer too much of it to them
carelessly, the symptoms are great pallor Of
the face blueness Of the lips, drowsiness, feeble
pulse, GOODNESS Of the extremities and great
prostration. Give mustard and water to
empty the stomach and if vomiting does not
occur at once the fingers should be thurst
into the throat Brandy and water is in
jected to restore heart action.
In arsenical poisoning, the first thing to do
is to e1pel the poison from the stomach, using
mustard and water, assisted with large guam
titles Of milk and raw eggs, milk and lime
water, oil and lime water or -four and water
In the meantime send for the only true an
tidote, hydrated peroxide Of iron, which
should be administered moist and in large
quantities after vomiting is induced. Finally,
generous dose of castor oil should DO given.
Stimulants, ice and opium are used for their
purposes Many medicines are prepared with
very strong alcohol, and children have
been known to be poisoned by an overdose Of
it For treatment, the child should be held
in the arms and its head be given good
douching under cold water from faucet or
pump, until consciousness Is restored. Then
an emetic of mustard or ipecac should be
given, followed by aromatic spirit Of am
monia-
Poisoning by opium or any Of its prepara-
tons morphine, laudanum, paregoric, etc.
is remedied by fifteen grains of sulphate Of
zinc in little water. II this cannot be OBJ
tanned at once, use mustard and warm wa
ter, or salt and warm water, and after vomit-
ing give plenty OF strong coffee, put mus
tard plaster around the calf Of each leg and
if the patient is chilled and sinking give
freely of spirits, and water. Dash cold wa
ter over the face and shoulders and walk the
person to keep him from going to sleep, for
that means death when the drug is yet active
IN the stomach
For treatment Of poisoning by sulphuric
acid, oil Of vitriol, muriatic acid, and sim
liar mineral acids, give instantly either mag
nesia, chalk, whiting, lime water, soda, sal
eratus mixed in water, or, what is better. in
milk and water. If neither Of these sub
stances Is within easy reach, knock q piece
OF plaster of the wall, pound it and give
that in milk or water. Whatever solution
is used give wine glass full every two or
three minutes. Warm water and mucilagi-
nous drinks, such as nnseed tea, barley wa.
ter, milk, gruels, etc, should be given freely
for some time after a sufficiency Of the anti
dote has been taken. A common poisoning
is by oxalc acid, which is taken by suicides
and is also mistaken for epson salts; the lat
ter, however, are bitter and the acid is sour.
The remedies are the same as for oil Of vitriol
poisoning Housekeeping.