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...cases of emergency one should keep cool. This is the first and most important rule. Poisons are of two kinds, acids or alkalis and narcotics. The value of an alkali as an antidote is very small, unless the dose can be immediately administered. Common cooking soda diluted in water is one of the best alkalis which can be used in case of poisoning by an acid. Lemon juice and vinegar are acids which are valuable as antidotes to alkalis. When an emetic is necessary, mustard diluted in water, or luke-warm water in large quantities, should be given. Milk, olive...
...Brooks says that when the accident occurred the professor in charge put his fingers to his lips and said in a perplexed way: "Let's see; what is the antidote for sulphuric acid?" But we are informed on excellent authority that there was no professor in the room at the time, and that the experiment was undertaken out of regular hours, when not even an assistant was in the laboratory. We do not expect that Dr. Brooks will grow rich from a suit, the cause of which is due to his son's carelessness, if to anything at all criminal...
...miles an hour, seven times as much. The increase is shown, perhaps, in a more striking way by Parker, estimating the different amounts in cubic inches. The flow of blood through the lungs is much less rapid when one takes little or no exercise; and the carbonic acid will not be removed from the system in so thorough a manner. If a man then is obliged to lead a life which deprives him of the chance of getting a fair amount of physical exercise, he should, if he wishes to keep himself in health, reduce the amount of carbon which...
...breathe is filled with floating particles of matter of every description; of course various circumstances regulate the quantity and kind. When we breathe air which has once been breathed, we are taking into our lungs air from which the necessary oxygen has been withdrawn and the poisonous carbonic acid substituted. oxygen we can get best from out-door air and from that of the country rather than that of the city...
...food, what you want and as much as you want. Leave the consideration of your work when at meals and take them in agreeable company. Water is our natural drink; tea is foremost among artificial drinks of the English race. This latter liquid contains 26 per cent. of tannic acid and a very small amount of nitrogen. It is an excitant of respiration, induces perspiration, and cools the body. In reference to nutrition, we may say that tea increases waste, since it promotes the transformation of food without supplying nutriment. The best time to drink tea is after a hearty...