Directions for the treatment of persons who have taken poison, and those in a state of apparent death; together with the means of detecting poisons and adulterations in wine; also of distinguishing real from apparent death / by M.P. Orfila. Translated from the French / by R.H. Black ... With an appendix, on suspended animation.

  • Orfila, Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure, 1787-1853
Date:
1818
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Credit: Directions for the treatment of persons who have taken poison, and those in a state of apparent death; together with the means of detecting poisons and adulterations in wine; also of distinguishing real from apparent death / by M.P. Orfila. Translated from the French / by R.H. Black ... With an appendix, on suspended animation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    not yet evacuated, twelve leeches should be applied to the seat of pain, and the pa- tient made to drink sugar and water, linseed, or mallow infusion ; in a word, the directions given, when speaking of acrid plants, § 59- arejto be followed. Tobacco. — It is necessary to make known the effects of Tobacco, so as to avoid the dangers to which it may give rise. Violent vomiting with a sort of in- toxication, has been seen to arise from the application of ointment prepared with powdered tobacco and butter. The same accidents have taken place from the use of a decoction of tobacco used as a wash in some cases of itch. It has even been asserted, that the death of an indi- vidual was caused by his having taken a large quantity of snuff. The dangerous effects of tobacco, when placed upon wounds, is known to all persons who ob- serve with attention. Introduced into the -stomach, tobacco occasions vomit- ing, purging, great trembling and con- vulsions, and may even occasion death, t