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E. Sugary astringent metallic taste, tightness of the throat, colicky ,paius,violent vomiting, hiccough, convulsions and death - A. Epsom or Glauber's salts; plaster of Paris; or phosphate of soda - T. An emetic of sulphate of zinc (24 grains to half pint of water); leeches to belly, and fomen tations if necessary.
 
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