What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell.

Murrell, William, 1853-1912.

Date:: 1897

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Credit: What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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of what happened, noting especially time, doses, &c. The circumstances are fresh in your memory, and if you fail to take this pre- caution you will find to your cost how quickly things are forgotten. It is possible that you may experience a difficulty in remembering the antidotes to the various poisons. If so, rest assured that your knowledge of pharmacology is defective. All rational treatment of cases of poisoning is founded on a correct appreciation of the phy- siological action of drugs. THE DIAGNOSIS OF CASES OF POISONING. There are grounds for suspecting that a person has been poisoned when:— 1. The symptoms come on suddenly and in the midst of apparent health. 2. The symptoms are observed immediately after a meal or after taking food or drink or medicine. 3. Several people who have partaken of the same article are simultaneously seized with similar symptoms.