Show IS ISI You ISYou and YOUr our Healt t v By MORRIS FISHBEIN J I 1 I Editor Journal of the th h. h American Medical Association end and of th tt I j Health J 1 II I Besides food human beings frequently frequently frequently fre fre- fre- fre are poisoned by various types of drugs These may get Into the body In various ways sometimes through taking an overdose of a medicine either purposely purposely pur pun or by accident There Thero are aro cases on record of children who died from strychnine strychnine strychnine nine poisoning because they ate ato large largo amounts of candied cathartic cathar cathar- cathartic tic tablets distributed as samples Sometimes people take tako overdoses of medicines for tor sleeping or for re relieving relieving ye- ye lieving pain Occasionally food tood may be contaminated contaminated contaminated con con- by poisonous substances substances sub sub- stances such as antiseptics o or Insect in insect In- In sect lect powders People have been poisoned by nicotine sprays used on plants and by arsenic and lead used In insect sprays In any case of poisoning certain steps should be taken at once First First try to find out the nature of ot of the poison that has baa been taken An empty bottle or package on onUte the Ute table or the presence of ot some of the poison polson on on the tablecloth the floor or the clothing may Indicate the tho cause of the symptoms from which the person suffers A doctor always smells the breath and examines the mouth ofa of ofa a poison polson victim because certain poisons leave characteristic burns or stains If the person has taken the poison poi pol son accidentally ho he will usually be bo willing to tell all about the trouble trouble trou trou- ble provided ho Is sufficiently conscious conscious con con- to talk rationally If the doctor suspects poisoning he will give an appropriate anti antl- dote as II soon as AI p possible Before Rn dote as II soon as AI p possible Before Rn the doctor arrives however it is well to give the patient white whito of ot eggs milk or strong tea which are antagonistic to many poiso poisons To get as much of tho the poison polson as possible out of the system no notime notime notime time should be lost in making the victim vomit This can bo be done either by tickling the back of the throat by giving a cup of warm water with salt or by washing out the stomach with a stomach tube i If a a. heaping teaspoonful of salt dissolved in lukewarm water and thoroughly stirred is given the patient every three or four minutes minutes min sum utes mites he soon will vomit profusely and enough water will be bo drawn into the stomach to wash out the stomach thoroughly The person who has bas been poisoned poisoned poisoned poi poi- is is' is likely to suffer from shock One of the important steps is to treat this shock with methods usually used in fainting cases The person should lie flat in bed and be kept thoroughly warm and his general strength should be bo sustained by appropriate meas meas- ures |