"Hypodermic syringe" Quotes from Famous Books
... is met by the administration of the appropriate antidote. Antidotes are usually given hypodermically, or, if by mouth, in the form of tablets. In the absence of a hypodermic syringe, the remedy may be given by the rectum. In the selection of the appropriate antidote, a knowledge of pharmacology is required, especially of the physiological antagonism of drugs. Antidotes may act (1) chemically, by forming harmless compounds, as lime in oxalic acid poisoning; (2) physiologically, ... — Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson
... examined with interest a small hypodermic syringe loaded to the full capacity of its glass cylinder, plunger drawn ... — The Lone Wolf - A Melodrama • Louis Joseph Vance |