NOTE - This is posted as historical informaton only! For current medical information, call your local Poison Control Center. For a medical emergency, call you local authorities.

Stedman's Shorter Medical Dictionary

Poisons & Antidotes
by T. L. Stedman, M.D., Wilcox & Follett Co., 1942

---Iodine---
Symptoms: Lips and tongue stained, odor of iodine in breath; pain in throat and stomach: vomiting, watery stools; face pale, pupils slightly dilated and insensitive to light; pulse weak and irregular.

Treatment: Stomach lavage with starch or flour in water; heat to body; stimulants, amyl nitrite by inhalation.

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