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MIRACLE-MONGERS AND THEIR METHODS
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Aconite | Induce vomiting as above. Also give active purgative. Stimulate with strong tea or coffee. Keep the patient roused. |
Alcohol | Same as for aconite. |
Belladonna | Same as for aconite. |
Bitter-sweet | Same as for aconite. |
Blue vitriol | Induce vomiting as in arsenic. Then give milk, or white of egg, or mucilage. |
Cantharides | Induce vomiting. Give soothing drinks. No oil. Rub abdomen with camphor, or camphorated oil. |
Chloral | Same as for aconite. |
Camphor | Same as for aconite. |
Conium (Hemlock) | Same as for aconite. |
Carbolic Acid | White of egg in water, or olive oil, followed by a large quantity of milk. |
Calomel | Give white of egg, followed by milk, or flour gruel. |
Corrosive Sublimate | Same as for calomel. |
Croton Oil | Induce vomiting. Also give strong purgative as soon as possible. Stimulate with strong tea or coffee. |
Colocynth | Same as for croton oil. |
Ergot | Same as for aconite. |
Food cooked in a copper vessel | Same as for blue vitriol. |
Fish poison | Same as for croton oil. |
Gases | Plenty of fresh air. Inhale ammonia (not too strong). Artificial respiration if necessary. Stimulate with strong tea or coffee. |
Green coloring matter | Same as for arsenic. |
Hellebore | Same as for aconite. |
Hyoscyamus | Same as for aconite. |
Iodine | Give starch. |
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