An enema of hot coffee has been recommended.
Keep the body warm with wraps, hot blankets, &c.
White Precipitate.—The same treatment as for [Corrosive Sublimate].
Wasps, Bees, Hornets—Sting of.
An onion immediately applied to the part stung is a favourite popular remedy; but ammonia is better.
Extract the sting, if it remains in the wound.
Give stimulants, if necessary.
The only salt likely to cause poisonous symptoms is the chloride, which is used in the arts, and is the active principle of Burnett’s disinfecting fluid.
Stomach-pump or tube inadmissible. Give plenty of water, in which carbonate of soda is dissolved; or, if that is not at hand, carbonate of potash.