Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-20

last state was worse than his first. but
luckily he didn't get much of the stun
down.
zone Of my friends almost lost
cook by this case. She had pat"n'
collie medicine next to the cafb"ilc
acid bottle on the clock shelf. ana she
mixed them up. We had to save her
she was a good cook.
"By The way. there's an interesting
new treatment for carbolic acid burns
or poisoning. ana 1t is worth reme'n-
bering though some doctors are duDi-
Gus about its efficacy. Or. Seneca
Powell was the first to advance the
theory that the application of pure al
cohoI will neutralZc carbolic acid and
arrest its action. Experiments have
been made with it successfully. I've
seen some of them. Just how far the
! success would extend I'm not prepared
to say: bI: it would be worth while
to try the treatment in an emergency.
In this day all false lovers ought L"
carry Il bottle of alcohol. tarbolic
, acid throwing seems to be the fashion
Not long ago | was called to wo-
man patient and found her suffering
/ from choral poisoning. She 5W"re she
hadn't any choral and we couldn't
| find a choral bottle; but ! did find Il
| bromidia bottle on her washstand ana
| that explained II.
Women, and men, too, are playing
hob with bromidil. one can buy il at
| the drug store without question. ana
gallons of il are sold for nerve mcdi-
cine. Any woman who has a nervous
headache and every man who has been
on spree takes big dose Of
| bromidia. Now there's fifteen grains
of choral Ia Il teaspoonful "f bromdia.
and while persistent use of the latter
will develop a choral habit. an over
dose Of it may have serious rerults
This patient Of mine had taken a
IA blespoonful. There's enough choral
in two teaspoonfuls to kill some per
sons.
I've had several cases Of poisoning
by an accidental dose Of the chloro-
form ana aconite lininent that almost
every one keeps. and one woman gave
her child muriatic acid that was kept
:or cleaning the marbles.
'l.audanum poisoning Is very com
mon and. as for the corrosive subli-
mate mixtures. used for rats and insect
stun around the house. If house
keepr must use 1t. let her buy just
enough for one application and get
more when she wants it, There have
been too many accidents from care
lessnesi with such mixtures. ana thu
poison Is So strong that 1t IS hard To
conquer il.
Prompt action Is great thing ir
I 4.
! 81 help from doctor ur drIgrlst ID Il.
often to" late to sav- IN" patient Ey.r,
/ home ought 1" contain q book glviu,. tht
/ antd"tDS for rul-"ns Stiil. / suppos,. II
! IN" book were there tn. family would h..
4 ~" much excited az think NJ u-iug IL
J \ few artidotea for the mu.t ,.nlmns
! PnisunS any unc might learn.
! AS general Iui.. for as.l ,.u.souH
except carhulic- one shouldn't give an
rfn'tl'. Gl1" milk II wIi~r with mag
nesii "r common bakIu.s scala. atrpnr
! soap Snds 70 u'utraliZ- thr .iytL. y mite VI
| egg ~ water "r n.iV, Uil NlHt.. ~ --g=
and olive oil ar" useful Hutldut-a far q
Large number ui I"iSOns. aud is 4 good
| thing To try them Il y"u don't ku"@ what
! ~ du.
| "F"r carh"lic aoli a strong tmctic ana
( EPSON salts ar" good ana AS SIld t-forv
/ one might Try thu pure alcohol .Arseni-
! cal p"ISoHS. such as paris green and rat
! poison call for mustard and warm water
( "tn"lir and uliN" 81 or whit" al rEE tiy-
| drafted iron Il good thing ana. ~
course. "A physician would supplement Auy
| OF these IutidutrS with various drugs.
| bat I'm only mentioning useful autii"t,-
! that COULD hr got quickly In almost any
! house in an emergency.
! 'chlurll. Iludlnum ana such poisnns
| should y" ought with .metirs. cnIu
| duIchcs On tho head ammonia AT the nos
! trils, artificial RESPIRATION ana fresh AR.
| Strong. clear coffee. is useful IN treat
! ing Tor Supplying drugs.
| "IrrNtutiN.~ an" a good deal letter
| than cures, ana there's ~ excuse fur en-
cid"nial poisoning i proper precautions
are taken II isn't enough Ia put poisson
| in a blue bottle and label II Poison.
| The bottle should Shrek pusun. even in
tn" dark. druggists provide a variety nt
! poison bottles. any one of which is good
| Some are Of roIgh glass. SOM have
/ prrkly shoppers. and there's a very good
| one that contains tiny glass tube
/ swung from tn. STOPPER bV string. I'M.
moment the bottle is moved or thu corr
drawn the tube tiIkles against the glass
| ~ the bottle. The use ~ such hutt Ties
would make accidental poisoning prnctl-
caliy impossible.
| OF course. superior persons smile a:
such nreCaution and SAY crank when
one advises it. but We doctors see enough
poison accidents to realize the necessity
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