ANTIMONY: Antimonial wine, tartar emetic, etc.—Drink strong, green tea, and in the meantime chew the dry leaves. The direct antidote is a solution of nutgall or oak bark.
ARSENIC: Cobalt, Scheele's green, fly powder, ratsbane, etc.—Give plenty of milk, whites of eggs, or induce vomiting by mustard and warm water; [Footnote: See that the mustard is well mixed with the water, in the proportion of about half an ounce of the former to a pint of the latter.] or even soapsuds.
BITE OF A SNAKE OR A MAD DOG.—Tie a bandage above the wound, if on a limb. Wash the bite thoroughly, and, if possible, let the person suck it strongly. Rub some lunar caustic or potash in the wound, or heat the point of a small poker or a steel sharpener white hot, and press it into the bite for a moment. It will scarcely cause pain, and will be effectual in arresting the absorption of the poison, unless a vein has been struck.
COPPER: Sulphate of copper (blue vitriol), acetate of copper (verdigris).—Take whites of eggs or soda. Use milk freely.
LAUDANUM: Opium, paregoric, soothing cordial, soothing syrup, etc. —Give an emetic at once of syrup of ipecac, or mustard and warm water, etc. After vomiting, use strong coffee freely. Keep the patient awake by pinching, pulling the hair, walking about, dashing water in the face, and any expedient possible.
LEAD: White lead, acetate of lead (sugar of lead), red lead.—Give an emetic of syrup of ipecac, or mustard and warm water, or salt and water. Follow with a dose of Epsom salts.
MATCHES: Phosphorus.—Give magnesia, chalk, whiting, or even flour in water, and follow with mucilaginous drinks.
MERCURY: Calomel, chloride of mercury (corrosive sublimate, bug poison), red precipitate.—Drink milk copiously. Take the whites of eggs, or stir flour in water, and use freely.
NITRATE OF SILVER (lunar caustic).—Give salt and water, and follow with castor oil.
NITRATE OF POTASH (saltpeter, niter).—Give mustard and warm water, or syrup of ipecac. Follow with flour and water, and cream or sweet oil.