Poisons & Antidotes
by T. L. Stedman, M.D., Wilcox & Follett Co., 1942
---Arsenic---
Symptoms: Two forms: (1) Heat and irritation in throat and stomach; vomiting, purging with rice-water stools; cramps in calf muscles, restlessness, even convulsions, prostration, fainting. (2) Somnolence, dizziness, delirium, extreme prostration, coma.
Treatment: Lavage or emetics--apomorphine, zinc sulfate, mustard, ipecac, magnesia; emetics continued at intervals for two days, then castor oil.
