Our home physician: a new and popular guide to the art of preserving health and treating disease; with plain advice for all the medical and surgical emergencies of the family . tated and convulsed; there is delirium ;the pupil of the eye becomes dilated, and sometimes violently con-tracts ; vomiting, looseness of the bowels, with extreme pain all overthe belly. Occasionally there is a great prostration of strength, in-sensibility, trembling, desire and incapability of vomiting. Treatment.—-The same as in poisoning by opium, &c. 3. Nux Vomica. General Character of Symptoms.—After the poison has
Our home physician: a new and popular guide to the art of preserving health and treating disease; with plain advice for all the medical and surgical emergencies of the family . tated and convulsed; there is delirium ;the pupil of the eye becomes dilated, and sometimes violently con-tracts ; vomiting, looseness of the bowels, with extreme pain all overthe belly. Occasionally there is a great prostration of strength, in-sensibility, trembling, desire and incapability of vomiting. Treatment.—-The same as in poisoning by opium, &c. 3. Nux Vomica. General Character of Symptoms.—After the poison has beenswallowed, the patient undergoes, alternately, a state of calm and POISONOUS MUSHROOMS. 449 one of horrible spasmodic contraction of all the muscles of the attacks rarely extend beyond the fifth or sixth, and terminateby death the patients sufferings. Treatment.—A vomit; afterwards the following mixture :—Ateaspoonful of ether, one of spirits of turpentine, and half a tumbler-ful of water sweetened with sugar. Give a tablespoonful every seven or eight minutes. 4. Poisonous Character of Symptoms. •Weight and pain at the pit.
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