Continued from last week

Last week, we made some general comments on the treatment of poisonings.  We had indicated that there were four immediate steps that could be taken in order to counteract cases of poisoning, irrespective of whether one has identified the specific poison involved.
Elimination of the poison from the stomach by inducing vomiting was the first.  However, even after expectoration, some residue of the poison might still be in the stomach/gut.  We must now try to negate the effect of the poison, especially if we could not create the vomiting reflex to expel the poison totally or in part. Let’s look at the other three possibilities.

Delaying absorption

We can attempt to delay the absorption of the poison in the animal’s body.  …..