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(Hydrochloride or spirit of salt; nitric or aquafortis; sulphuric or oil of vitriol) - E. Acid burning taste, acute pain in the gullet and throat, vomiting of bloody fluid, which effervesces when chalk is added to it; hiccough, tenderness of the belly, cold sweats, pinched face, convulsions, and death-A. Give calcined magnesia, chalk, soap and water - D. A. Carbonated elkalies. Caution - Do not give water if oil of has been taken. D.
Excite vomiting; give fluids after the poison has been ejected.
 
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