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74&#93; 74] A N T Antkoxantkum odcrcJ'unr, I,. See SwEET-SCEXTED bPEING-GK > Anthyllis vulneratia, L. See Kidney- Vetch. ANTIDOTES, are medicines which prevent or cure the cffc deleterious substances, either taken into the stomach, or externally ap- plied to the human body. Of those poisons w -.'ally prove mortal, when s : the principal are, arsenic, corrosive sublimate, gia. -.:•; of antimony, vcr- digrease, and lead. Mineral poi- sons apparently attack the solid pails of the stomach; and, by eroding its substance, occasion d$ath. Antimonials rather ii the nerves, and destroy by pro- ducing convulsions. - Most vegeta- ble poisons seem to operate in this manner ; but fatal accidents more frequently happen from the former. In the year IJJJ, M. advi- [uantities of milk to be administered to persons whi swallowed arsenic; a metal, db ruience of which is el counteracted by this liquid,. a lays the irritation of die viscera; md prevents the inflammatj the i:. Tfee patient is af- terwards directed to take t i - liver of sulphur, in a pint of v ax water; but when not be procured, be may substitute a gently aikahne lixivium, or soap- water, a solution of iron in vine- gar, or any other acid, or even a portion of ink, if nothing else can be readily procured. The cure may be completed by the constant cue of milk and warm sulphureous waters. — See Arsenic The remedies most, suited to ob- viate die edKis of corrosive subli- roate, are different preparations of the liver of sulphur, which decom- ANT poses or resolves the mercurial sMtj and, by the addition of the alkali to the acid, forms an inoffensive neutral salt. Acids, therefore, even of the mildest kind, are fatal, if ap- plied to counteract this poison, as they render it more active : tiius, . or treacle, are per- nicious, as they contribute to in- crease pain and danger. Common salt dissolved in water, readily pre- cipitates the mercury, and thereby greatly abates its virulence. This article being always ready, it ought to be resorted to preferably to any other; especially as, when taken in a large, quantity, it operates as an emetic, or carries off the mercury by stool. Volatile and fixed alkaline salts and spirits, abo precipitate mer- cury, such as spirits of hartshorn, or sal ammoniac, salt of tartar, wood, &e. ; but, as these can seldom be obtained on an emer- gency, the following articles may viz. pot-ashes dis- solved in warm or cold water, but the lixivium should not be too strong. When pot- ashes are not at hand, warm water may be rced through ashes of bean- stalks, broom, straw, or any odier table that can be most readily White or black soap' should be i. y of clys- ter, and likewise dissolved in ail the water that is drunk. Those poisons which may be called culinary, an - the most dest they are generally the least suspected. No ore which contain . r in their composition, should be used in cookery, 8tc. In cases where the poison of verdigrease has been recently swallowed, eme- tics should first be given, and af- ards