Poisons & Antidotes
by T. L. Stedman, M.D., Wilcox & Follett Co., 1942
---Colchicum---
Symptoms: Buming in mouth and throat with dryness and difficult swallowing; nausea and incessant vomiting and purging; pulse small and irregular, pupils dilated, great prostration.
Treatment: Lavage of stomach, castor oil, tannin, demulcents; stimulants, strychnine, caffeine, morphine and atropine.
