Nitric Acid.—See [Acids, Mineral].
Nitro-Benzene.
Empty the stomach at once by the stomach-pump or tube, and wash the organ out with plenty of warm water, to which advantageously a little spirit may be added; or give emetics, such as zinc sulphate or mustard.
Administer stimulants, either by the stomach-tube, as an enema, or by subcutaneous injection.
Keep up the respiration artificially, if necessary, and maintain the heart’s action by application of weak, interrupted shocks to the chest-wall, by means of the battery.
Rouse the patient by the douche.
Atropine subcutaneously has been recommended.
Nitrous Oxide Gas.
The treatment is the same essentially as for [chloroform] (which see).