Narcotic poisons are neutralized by vinegar:--NARCOTICS ... torpor ...
strong wine ... sour wine ... _vinegar_.
Wine, brandy, coffee, and camphor may be used to rouse those who have
taken laudanum or any other preparation of opium ... OPIUM ... opium
eater ... intemperate ... _brandy_ ... _wine_ ... beverage ... _coffee_
... cough ... cold ... camphorated spirit ... _camphor_.
Mucilage, camphor, and oil may be taken to neutralize
cantharides:--CANTHARIDES ... hair-grower ... _oil_ ... smooth-running
... ease ... comfort ... _camphor_ ... fur cat ... mew ... _mucilage_.
Ten drops of ammonia in a glass of sugared water sobers a tipsy
man:--DRUNK ... alcohol ... volatile spirits ... volatile ... alkali ...
_ammonia_ ... to moan ... {t}o {s}igh (10) ... pathos ... sweet tears ...
_sugared water_.
ACONITE ... night boat ... sea sick ... _emetics_ ... exhaustion ...
_stimulants_ ... hard drinking ... spontaneous combustion ... _animal
charcoal_.
1. Are antidotes for Poisons easy to remember?
2. Should not all persons have a knowledge of the antidotes for the
ordinary poisons?
3. What method have I given to obtain such knowledge?
4. What is the relation between "Narcotics" and "torpor"?
CHLORIDE OF LIME ... bad smell ... bad egg ... _white of egg_ ... fowl
... grain ... _flour_ ... flour and water ... milk fluid ... _milk_.
Oil, milk (any fatty mucilaginous substance), may protect the coats of
the stomach against oil of vitriol and other acrid poisons:--ACRID
... curd ... curdled milk ... _milk_ ... butter ... melted butter ...
_oil_.
STRONG ACIDS [Sulphuric Acid (oil of vitriol), Nitric Acid, Hydrochloric
Acid] ... alkali ... lemon kali ... effervescing draught ... citrate of
magnesia ... _Magnesia_ ... antacid ... _Bicarbonate of Soda_ ... potash
... potash soap ... _soap suds_ ... emollient ... _Emollient Drinks_.
CARBOLIC ACID ... liquid ... oil ... sweet oil ... castor oil ...
aperient ... _Epsom Salts_ ... white ... _white of egg_.
Prussic acid (Hydrocyanic Acid) is neutralized by alkalies and freshly
precipitated oxide of iron:--PRUSSIC ACID ... tartaric acid ...
carbonate of soda ... _alkali_ ... lie on the side ... _oxide of iron_
... steel file ... rasp ... _artificial respiration_. [HYDROCYANIC ACID
... cyanotic ... asphyxiated ... no respiration ... _Artificial
respiration_ ... perspiration ... hot ... _cold effusion_ ... exposed to
wet ... rust ... _fresh precipitated oxide of iron_.]
Soap and Sulphide of Potassium are antidotes against arsenic and other
metallic poisons: METALLIC ... lick ... cat-lick ... wash ... _soap_ ...
potash soap ... potassium ... _sulphide of potassium_.
TARTRATED ANTIMONY ... tartar emetic ... vomiting ... irritating ...
_emollient drinks_ ... ladies drink ... _strong tea_ ... bitter infusion
... _tannic acid_.
NITRATE OF SILVER ... silver sand ... seashore ... _sea water_ ...
_common salt_ ... white ... _white of egg_ ... fowls ... barley ...
_barley water_ ... warm water ... vomiting ... _emetics_.
PERCHLORIDE OF MERCURY ... quicksilver ... white ... _white of egg_ ...
piecrust ... _wheat flour_ ... flowers of sulphur ... milk of sulphur
... _milk_.
1. Can you discover more than one relation existing between "grain"
and "flour"?
2. Why could we not use the single word "white," to connect "white
of egg" to "flour"?
3. What is the relation between "liquid" and "oil"?
4. What two relations exist between "vomiting" and "irritating"?
5. What one, between "fowls" and "barley"?
6. Why?
7. What is the relation between "wheat flour" and "flowers of
sulphur"?
STRYCHNINE ... nerve stimulant ... nerve sedative ... _Bromide of
Potassium and Chloral Hydrate_ ... organic compound ... heated organic
compound ... charcoal ... _animal charcoal_ ... charcoal fumes ...
asphyxia ... _artificial respiration_ ... perspiration ... tea ...
_tannic acid_ ... acidity ... dyspepsia ... vomiting ... _emetics_.
BELLADONNA ... deadly nightshade ... deadly sick ... _emetic_ ...
_mustard and water_ ... brandy and water ... _stimulants_ ... hot ...
perspiration ... _pilocarpine_ [p. injected hypodermically causes
profuse perspiration].