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.
PRUSSIC ACID (oil of bitter almonds), _cyanide of potassium_.--Take a teaspoonful of hartshorn in a pint of water. Apply smelling salts to the nose, and dash cold water in the face.
STING OF AN INSECT.--Apply a little hartshorn or spirits of camphor, or soda moistened with water, or a paste of clean earth and saliva.
SULPHATE OF IRON (green vitriol).--Give syrup of ipecac, or mustard and warm water, or any convenient emetic; then magnesia and water.