Mushrooms—Muscarine—Poisonous Fungi Generally.
Empty stomach by stomach-pump or tube, or give a subcutaneous dose of apomorphine, or administer by the mouth either mustard or zinc sulphate.
Inject as soon as possible a subcutaneous dose of 2 to 4 drops of the solution of atropine; or, after the stomach has been emptied, give tincture of belladonna every half hour, in from 20 to 30-min. doses.
It is equally important to remove the remains of the fungi from the intestines, and for this purpose it is well to give a dose of castor oil, and to use an enema.
Stimulants may be given. The body should be kept warm.
Neriin.—See [Digitalis].
Unless the stomach has been already emptied by vomiting, use stomach-pump or tube, or give an emetic of mustard and plenty of water.
Inject subcutaneously a small dose of strychnine (say 1-25th of a grain of the nitrate), or give half a drachm of tincture of nux vomica.