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Stedman's Shorter Medical Dictionary

Poisons & Antidotes
by T. L. Stedman, M.D., Wilcox & Follett Co., 1942

---Carbon Monoxide---
Symptoms: Stupor or coma; labored breathing; pulse small and irregular; face cyanotic; pupils dilated.

Treatment: Artificial respiration, fresh air, oxygen; ammonia stimulants; transfusion of blood or saline solution; recumbency; warmth to body with friction of the extremities.

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