POTASH, CAUSTIC. Symptoms
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Accidents, Emergencies and Poisons
Intense inflammation of the stomach and
bowels, often with bloody vomiting and purging; lips and tongue swollen;
violent difficulty in breathing; characteristic odor.
Antidotes. Lemon juice and water, vinegar and water half and half.
Treatment. Milk, soothing drinks; sweet oil or castor oil, bland drinks
like flaxseed tea, slippery elm, albumen water, white of egg water. The
oil should be used last.
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