THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2162, sig. 109-8/45

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14 b) Antidote: persistent artificial breathing, frying the body with brushes, drinking plenty of warm water until vomiting occurs. 3. Meat poisoning (wurst, fish, cheese poison). a) Signs: diarrhea, stomach pain, vomiting, headache, visual disturbances, heart failure, dizziness. b) Antidote: 2 tablespoons full of castor oil, 1 tablespoon full of Karlovy Vary salt in half a litre of lukewarm water, excitement of the nausea caused by throat tickling, later a cup of strong black coffee. 4. Carbolic acid. a) Signs: Corrosive mouth, body pain, vomitēn, urine is black green. b) Antidote: 1 tablespoon full of slurry crayons stirred in a cup of water, then a strong knife tip full of glaucoma salt in some water every hour. 5. Carbon evaporation (light gas). a) Signs: Burning of the skin, dizziness, unconsciousness, anxiety, strong beating of the veins. b) Antidote: immediately put in the open air, put in fresh air, initiate artificial breathing, rub the body with brushes and cold water, put mustard dough on the heart pit. 6. Morphine (opium). a) Signs: narrowed pupils, indifference or unconsciousness, indifferent to pain, slow pulse. b) Antidote: Give plenty of lukewarm water until vomiting occurs, then strong black coffee with a knife tip full of tannin on each cup, frying with brushes and cold water. 7. Phosphorus (sulphur oil). a) Signs: Stomach pain, vomiting, thirst, vomit and breath smell of phosphorus and garlic, vom vomit glows in the dark, diarrhea, fainting. b) Antidote: First 1 tablespoon of Karlovy Vary salt in half a litre of lukewarm water until vomiting occurs, tickling the throat to achieve a faster effect; then every quarter of an hour 20 drops of pure, old turpentine oil in some water, fresh air and artificial breathing, if pulse weak; no milk, oil (apart from turpetine oil), fat, castor oil. 8. Mushrooms. a) Signs: body pain, diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, salivary flow, arousal, slow pulse. b) Antidote: refractive agents, e.g. lukewarm water, tickling of the throat, etc., then castor oil and later strong black coffee with a knife tip full of tannin on each cup. 19