Antimony.--It is recorded that 3/4 grain of tartar emetic has
caused death in a child and two grains in an adult. Falot reports
three cases in which after small doses of tartar emetic there
occurred vomiting, delirium, spasms, and such depression of
vitality that only the energetic use of stimulants saved life.
Beau mentions death following the administration of two doses of
1 1/2 gr. of tartar emetic. Preparations of antimony in an
ointment applied locally have caused necrosis, particularly of
the cranium, and Hebra has long since denounced the use of tartar
emetic ointment in affections of the scalp. Carpenter mentions
recovery after ingestion of two drams of tartar emetic. Behrends
describes a case of catalepsy with mania, in which a dose of 40
gr. of tartar emetic was tolerated, and Morgagni speaks of a man
who swallowed two drams, immediately vomited, and recovered.
Instances like the last, in which an excessive amount of a poison
by its sudden emetic action induces vomiting before there is
absorption of a sufficient quantity to cause death, are sometimes
noticed. McCreery mentions a case of accidental poisoning with
half an ounce of tartar emetic successfully treated with green
tea and tannin.
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