Poisons, Their Effects and Detection / A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts

by Alexander Wynter Blyth

Tannin—A solution of iodine in potassic iodide.

(c.) Narcotics, or anæsthetics, for the treatment of the tetanic class.

Chloral—chloroform.

(d.) Substances which act physiologically.

French oil of turpentine.—A solution of atropine sulphate for hypodermic use (strength ·8 per cent.); hypodermic dose from 5 to 6 drops.

Solution of nitrate of pilocarpine (strength 5 per cent.); dose, 10 drops or more.

Muscarine—a solution in water (strength 5 per cent.); dose, 10 drops.

Morphine meconate in solution (strength 10 per cent.); dose, from 5 drops.

A solution of nitrate of strychnine (strength 2 per cent.); hypodermic dose, from 2 to 3 drops.

Potassium Permanganate in crystals.