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MIRACLE-MONGERS AND THEIR METHODS
| Lobelia | Same as for aconite. |
| Lead | Same as for calomel. |
| Matches | Induce vomiting. Give magnesia and mucilage. No Oil. |
| Mercury | Same as for calomel. |
| Morphine | Spasms may be quieted by inhaling ether. |
| Nitric Acid | Induce vomiting. Give Carbonate of Magnesia, or lime-water. |
| Nitrate of Silver | Give common salt in water, or carbonate of soda in solution, followed by milk, or white of egg. |
| Nux Vomica | Same as for aconite. |
| Oxalic Acid | Same as for nitric add. |
| Opium | Same as for morphine. |
| Prussic Acid | Not much can be done, as fatal dose kills in from three to five minutes. Dilute ammonia given instantly might save life. |
| Paris Green | Same as for arsenic. |
| Phosphorus | Same as for matches. |
| Rough on Rats | Same as for arsenic. |
| Strychnin | Same as for morphine. |
| Sulphuric Acid | Strong soap-suds. |
| Toadstool | Same as for morphine. |
| Turpentine | Same as for morphine. |
| Tin | Same as for nitrate of silver. |
| Verdigris | Same as for arsenic. |
| Vermilion | Same as for calomel. |
| White vitriol | Same as for nitrate of silver. |
| Zinc | Same as for nitrate of silver. |
| For Snake-bite | The best general treatment for snake-bite is to tie a ligature tightly above the wound, then suck out as much of the virus as possible. Give the patient large quantities of whisky or brandy, to induce intoxication. Incise the |
