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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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