C. Hering's Domestic physician : revised, with additions from the author's manuscript of the seventh German edition ; containing also a tabular index of the medicines and the diseases in which they are used.

  • Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880.
Date:
1851, ©1850
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Credit: C. Hering's Domestic physician : revised, with additions from the author's manuscript of the seventh German edition ; containing also a tabular index of the medicines and the diseases in which they are used. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF POISONING. Wilful murder and suicide, by poison, are but rare occurren- ces ; most cases of poisoning originate in the carelessness with which poisonous things are handled, in the ignorance of their poisonous qualities, or in the wicked adulteration of eatables and of liquors. With the necessary knowledge, we are frequently able to avoid this danger. As it is of importance to every body to be acquainted with the poisonous substances which threaten life, we will in the first place give some directions, how we may discover these adulterations; how we can guard against other kinds of poisoning; and then recapitulate the remedies, which every one is able to apply himself. ADULTERATION OF FOOD AND LIQUORS, AND HOW TO DETECT IT. 1. Adulteration of Wine. Wines are most frequently adulterated, and here more than elsewhere; those imported into this country have either been adulterated already by the shipper, that they might keep, or it is done here when they are near spoiling, or to make them re- semble wines of better quality, or for other purposes. We will give directions how to recognize adulterated wines, that the hon- est dealers and venders of wine may be able to examine the ar- ticles which they purchase, and that all who have to deal with rascals may first test the wine. All those who, by the directions given below, shall discover that wine has been adulterated, if they have but a spark of feeling for their fellow-men, should expose, without the least hesitation or forbearance, the persons so offending, that this horrible practice may be checked in this country. It is true, that the venders may excuse themselves by saying that they have bought the wine in that state. But the