If there seems reasonable hopes of recovery, call in a qualified veterinary surgeon at once. Twenty grains of chloral hydrate, 25 grains each of potassium, iodide and bromide, in water, can be used in the meantime.
PHOSPHORUS
It is hardly necessary to go beyond mentioning the possibility of poisoning by this agent.
It is a constituent of so-called "phosphor paste" largely used for the destruction of vermin, such as rats and mice.
Dogs have been known to partake of it, usually ending in death.
A most important matter is to avoid giving the dog any oily substances, if poisoned by this element.
RAT AND OTHER VERMIN KILLERS
We have already spoken of phosphorus being the active agent in some of these compounds. Barium and arsenic are likewise employed. Most of these being proprietary articles, their exact composition is not of any particular interest.
Sickness, thirst, severe pain and prostration, are chief amongst the symptoms produced by such agents.
Empty stomach with an emetic; give small doses of brandy in water, along with 40 grains of carbonate of bismuth, every three hours, or oftener.