ANTIDOTE

n. A?n'ti?-dot. Gr., avréSoros (Séaus understood), dvrisorov (pépuaxov understood), Lat., antidotum. Fr., antidote, contre-poison. Ger., Antidot, Gegengift, Gegenmittel.” It., anti-. do to, contravveleno. Sp., anti do to, contravene no. 1. Anciently, any medicine given internally. {Galen (A, 885).] 2. As now used, a remedial agent which counteracts the effect of a poison or destroys the poison itself.—Agathon’s a. See A gath on is ANTI DOT US hepatica.—Alexander’s golden a, See ANTI DOT US Alexandri aures » de Mithridate (Fr.). See ANTIDOTUM mithridaticum. dynamique (Fr.), See Physiological a.—A. multiple à hy drate ferrique (Fr.). A preparation advocated by Jeannel for poisoning with organic substances. A mixture of 80 parts of caustic magnesia, 40 of purified animal charcoal, and of. water is kept in a close-stopped bottle, and in another 100 parts of solution of iron sulphate (see Schwefelsaure Ersenoxydlosung) are caretully, preserved. The two are mixed at the time of using. [Bernatzi {L, 57).]—A. multiple au sulfure de fer (Fr.). A preparation recommended by Jeannel for various sorts of poisoning, especially with metallic poisons: consisting of 110 paris of sodium: hydrosulphide, 29 of calcined magnesia, and of distilled water, to which is added a solution of 139 parts of ferrous sulphate (ferrum sulfur i cum oxydulatum) in 700 of tepid water. [Bernatzik (L, 57).]— A. of And rom ach us. See THERIACA And rom a chi.—Bibron’s a. Ana. for snake-poisoning, composed of 4 grains of pota ium jodide, 2 grains of corrosive sublimate, and 5 drachms of bromine. Ten drops to be taken in water, and repeated if nece ary. [W. A. Hammond, “ Am. Jour. of the Med..,” Jan., 1858, p. 94 (L).J— Chemical a. Fr., a. chimique, contre-poison par excellence. Ger., chemische Gegenmittel. One that acts by converting the poison into an insoluble or innocuous compound. [A. Gubler im 87).]—Dynamical a. Fr., a. dynamique. Ger., dynamische Gegenmittel, See Physiological a.—Mechanical a.’ Fr., a. mécanique. Ger., mechanisch (oder pioetleatist) wirkende Gegenmittel. One that acts either by diluting the poison, hy absorbing it into its own substance, or by ensheathing it so as to protect the ti ues. [A. Gubler (L, 87).|—Phys to logical a. Fr., a. physio log i que (ou dynamique). One which either hastens the excretion of the poison or counteracts it by exerting an opposite effect on the system. [A. Gubler (L, 87).]