Irritates, coagulates albumen, and blood, arrests heart, colic,
emesis, salivation, labored breathing, vertigo. Lesions: Congestion,
corrosion, dark clotted blood, odor. Treatment: Mucilaginous agents,
emesis, oily laxatives.
On the mucous membrane creosote has a very irritant action, coagulating
the albumen, causing violent inflammation. It also coagulates the blood
and when injected into the veins, stops the action of the heart. Taken
by the mouth it causes violent colics, emesis in vomiting animals,
salivation, laborious breathing, convulsions, vertigo and death. At the
necropsy the stomach is found congested of a dull red color, and
corroded, and the vessels contain dark clotted blood. A dog died from a
dose of 2 drachms. The odor of creosote is marked.
_Treatment._ Emesis, white of eggs, mucilaginous liquids, and oily
laxatives.