iry or
investigation.

_First Aid Rule.--Give two teaspoonfuls of chalk (or whiting, or
whitewash scraped from the wall or a fence) mixed with a wineglass of
water. Beat four eggs in a glass of milk, add a tablespoonful of
whisky, and give at once._

Meanwhile, turn to p. 186, and be prepared to follow Rule 2 under
Suffocation, in case artificial respiration may be necessary, in spite
of the stimulant and antidotes. After having taken the first steps,
try to ascertain the exact poison used, but waste no time at the
start. If you can find out just what poison was swallowed, give the
treatment advised under that poison, excepting what you may already
have given.

=ACIDS.=--Symptoms: Corrosion or bleeding of the parts with which they
come in contact, followed by intense pain, and then prostration from
shock. Nitric acid stains face yellow; sulphuric blackens; carbolic
whitens the mucous membrane, and also causes nausea and stupor.

=Treatment.=--_Carbolic:_ Give a tablespoonful of alcohol or wineglass
of whisky or brandy at once; or one tablespoonful of castor oil, also
a half pint of sweet oil, also a pint of milk. Put to bed, and apply
hot-water bottles.

_Nitric and Oxalic:_ Chalk, lime off walls, whitewash scraped off
fence or wall, one teaspoonful mixed with a quarter of a glass of
water. Give one tablespoonful castor oil, and half a pint of sweet
oil. Inject into the rectum one tablespoonful of whisky in two of
water.

_Sulphuric:_ Soapsuds, half a glass; a pint of milk.

_Other Acids:_ Limewater, or two teaspoonfuls of aromatic spirit of
ammonia diluted with a glass of water. One tablespoonful of castor
oil.

=ALKALIES.=--Symptoms: Burning and destruction of the mucous membrane
of mouth, severe pain, vomiting and purging of bloody matter, rapid
death by shock.

_Ammonia; Potash; Lye; Caustic Soda; Washing Soda:_ Give half a glass
of vinegar mixed with half a glass of water; also juice of four lemons
in two glasses of water. One teaspoonful of castor oil in half a glass
of olive oil. If prostrated, give tablespoonful of whisky in a quarter
of a glass of hot water.

=METALS.=--Symptoms: Great irritation, cramps and purging, suppression
of urine, delirium or stupor, collapse, and generally death.

_Arsenic; Paris Green; Fowler's Solution; "Rough on Rats":_ Intense
pain, thirst, griping in bowels, vomiting and bloody purging, shock,
delirium. Patient picks at the nose. Send to druggist's for two ou