A READY REFERENCE LIST
Reference to poisonous remedies has been carefully avoided as much as possible.
Where dosage is not mentioned in the following, refer to List of Remedies for the [Home Medicine Closet, page 136].
Biliousness.
Give citrate of magnesia, or Epsom or Rochelle salt, or [J]castor oil. Cracked ice slowly melted in the mouth generally relieves sick stomach.
Hot, clear coffee given after any of the above medicines counteracts greatly the nauseating effect.
Bites of Dogs, Cats, Snakes.
If on a limb, tie a cloth tightly around limb, between wound and body. Loosen slightly in an hour. Encourage bleeding by squeezing, to get poison out, or suck and spit out blood from the wound, being careful to see there are no cuts or wounds in the mouth or lips, through which the poison may enter. Apply iodine.
If hydrophobia (rabies) is suspected, send for doctor at once, who will see that correct treatment is given. This treatment is concerned with the injection of a serum into the blood. See [Chapter XVII].