To these may be added a bottle of Wyeth’s dialysed iron for use in arsenic poisoning, a flask of brandy, some chloric ether, aromatic spirits of ammonia, and some really good extract of coffee.
TREATMENT.
Use the stomach-tube or pump, unless there is great destruction of the mucous membrane. In the latter case, excite vomiting by injecting subcutaneously from 5 to 6 drops of the apomorphine solution; or give an emetic of zinc sulphate, ipecacuanha, or mustard.
The stomach may, by the aid of the tube, be washed out with a weak alkaline solution of soda; albumen may also be given, and such stimulants as brandy and water, chloric ether, and aromatic spirits of ammonia.
It is important to apply warmth to the extremities.
Inject subcutaneously from 2 to 3 drops of the atropine hypodermic solution.
Nitrite of amyl by inhalation is said to have been useful.
In desperate cases bleeding, followed by transfusion, is to be considered.