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Introduction to Materia Medica and Pharmacology
Introduction to Materia Medica and Pharmacology Author:Oliver Thomas Osborne Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. TOXICOLOGY.—THE SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF POISONING. The immediate treatment of poisoning does not vary greatly with drugs of the same clas... more »s, therefore the drugs which most frequently cause poisoning are arranged alphabetically in classes. Class I.—Irritanls and Corrosives. Ammonia (Ammonium Hydrate) Arsenic Chromium Trioxide (Chromic Acid) Hydrochloric Acid Lead Acetate Mercuric Chloride (Corrosive Sublimate) Nitric Acid Oxalic Acid Phosphorus Potassium Bichromate Potassium Hydrate Sodium Hydrate Sulphuric Acid Class II.—Nervous Stimulants. Aromatic Oils Atropine (Belladonna) Camphor Cocaine Hyoscyamus Stramonium Strychnine (Nux Vomica) Turpentine Class III.—Cardiac Depressants. Acetanilide Aconite Antipyrine Cyanides Digitalis Gelsemium Nicotine (Tobacco) Phenacetine . Phenol (Carbolic Acid) Physostigmine (Eserine) Sulphonal Trional Veratrum Class IV.—-Narcotics. Alcohol Bromides Carbon Monoxide (Coal-Gas) Chloral (Chloral Hydrate) Methyl Alcohol (Wood Alcohol) Opium CLASS I.-IRRITANTS AND CORROSIVES. Ammonia (Ammonium Hydrate). Symptoms.—Burning pain in the oesophagus and stomach, usually vomiting, difficulty in swallowing, skin moist and cold, pulse weak and rapid, dyspnoea, convulsions, coma. If death, in a few hours. Chemical Antidotes.—Vinegar, lemon juice, oliA-e oil, castor oil. Treatment.—Wash out the stomach with warm water, or remove its contents by emetics (apomorphine hydro- chloride gr. 1-10 hypodermatically, zinc sulphate twograms, or a tablespoonful of mustard to a wineglass of water), repeat in fifteen minutes, if necessary. Keep up the body temperature with dry heat applications. Use morphine hy...« less