Arsenic
From London's Ghost Acres
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A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
Savory warns those using arsenic, along with mercurial salts, digitalis, &c., that these products can accumulate in the system, and therefore should not be rapidly administered. (21) He Also notes that there is no known cure for arsenic poisoning, and as such, the stomach should be emptied immediately by use of sulphate of zinc. (198) However, arsenic "is a remedy of at least equal power with quinine," when treating ague, or intermittent fever. For this treatment, Fowler's Solution of Arsenic can be administered along with a dose of Jeremie's Solution of Opium. (226)