Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-03-27

More Hints to Housewives for Certain
Trying Emergencies.
From Good Housekeeping.
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 gener-
GUS dose of sweet oil will also be useful;
ice freely employed will somewhat con-
troll the Inflammation, and opium will
be needed to subdue the PAIN.
Arnica is sometimes drank by mistake
for something else. To empty the
stomach thoroughly with an emetic,
then follow with a generous dose Of cas-
tor oil, if it can be borne, are the first
important steps in treatment. Paregoric
will subdue the pain and if the head
ache 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, drowsness, feeble pulse, GOODNESS
of the extremities, and great prostra-
ton. Give mustard and water to empty
the stomach, and if vomiting does not
occur at once, the fingers should be
thrust into the throat. Brandy and
water is injected to restore heart action.
In arsenical poisoning, the first thing
to do is to expel the poison from the
stomach, using mustard and water, as
sisted with large quantities Of milk and
raw eggs, milk and lime water, oil and
Tn hn
mean time send for the only true anti
dote, hydrated peroxide of iron, which
should be administered moist and in
large quantities alter vomiting is In
duced. Finally generous dose of castor
oil should be given. Stimulants, ice and
opium are used for their purposes.
Many medicines are prepared with a
very strong alcohol, and children have
been known to be poisoned by an over
dose of it. For treatment the child
should be held in the arms and its head
be given a good touching under cold
water from faucet or pump until con-
sciousness is restored. Then an emetic
of mustard or ipecac should be given,
followed by aromatic spirit of ammonia.
Poisoning by opium, or any of its
preparations morphine, laudanum,
paregoric, etc., is remedied by fifteen
greens OF Sulpndt0 OF ZINC III uLCt0
water. If this cannot be obtained at
once, use mustard and warm wa
ter, or salt and warm water,
and, after vomiting, give plenty
of strong coffee, put mustard
plaster around the calf of each leg, and,
if the patient is chilled, and sinking,
give freely of spirits, and water, Dash
cold water 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 stom-
ach.
For treatment of poisoning by sui
phuric acid, oil of vitriol, muriatic acid,
and similar mineral acids, give instantly
either magnesia. chalk, whiting, lime
water. soda, saleratus mixed in water,
Or. what is better, in milk and water.
If neither of these substances is within
easy reach, knock a piece of plaster off
the wall, pound it and give that
in milk or water. Whatever solu-
ton is used give wine glass
full every two or three minutes. Warm
water and mucilaginous drinks, such as
linseed tea, barley water, milk, gruels,
etc., should be given freely for some
time after suficiencv of the antidote
has been taken. A common poisoning
is by oxalic acid, which is taken by
suicides, and is also mistaken for epson
salts; the latter, however, are bitter and
the acid is sour. the remedies are the
same as for oil of vitriol poisoning.