+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | Sulphuric Acid. | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | _Symptoms_ |Burning pain in the mouth, | | |throat, and gullet. Constant | | |vomiting of brownish or blackish | | |matter containing blood. | | |The lips shrivelled, blistered, | | |and excoriated; and the corners | | |of the mouth show signs | | |of the corrosive action of the | | |poison. Collapse and death. | | | | | _Post-mortem_ |Presence of the signs of powerful | | _Appearances_ |corrosion; perforation of | | |the stomach, which is blackened | | |and softened. | | | | | _Fatal Dose_ |One drachm. | | | | | _Fatal Period_ |One hour. Average about ten | | |hours. | | | | | _Treatment_ |Magnesia, chalk, whiting, soap | | |suds, milk, and mucilaginous | | |drinks. | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | Hydrocyanic Acid. | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | _Symptoms_ |Giddiness, insensibility, difficult| | |respiration, dilated pupil, | | |tetanic spasms, and convulsions. | | |In acute cases, death | | |by shock; in those more prolonged, | | |suffocation ends the | | |scene. | | | | | _Post-mortem_ |Face pale and countenance composed;| | _Appearances_ |congestion of the brain, | | |and traces of inflammation in | | |the stomach and bowels. | | |Odour of prussic acid may be | | |detected in most cases in the | | |stomach and other parts of the |