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E. A rough metallic taste in the mouth, nausea, copious vomitings, frequent hiccough, purging, colicky pains, frequent and violent cramps, sense of choking, se vere heartburn, pain at the pit of the stomach, difficult breathing, wildness of speech, cramps in the legs, and death
A. Decoction or tincture of gaily; strong tea; decoction or powder of Peruvian bark - D. A White vitriol, ipecacuanha, as emetics - T, Give large draughts of water, or sugar and water, to promote vomiting; apply leeches to the throat and stomach.
painful; and give one grain of extract of opium dissolved in a wine-glassful of sugar and ware as soon as the vomiting ceases, and repeat three times at intervals of a quarter of an hour.
 
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