TREATMENT OF POISONING BY COCAINE. Eloy gives the following directions for the treatment of acute poisoning by cocaine. The patient is placed in a horizontal position in order to prevent syncope, and his face bathed in cold water. If convulsions come on cold should be applied. If asphyxia is present flagellation, massage and artificial respiration are resorted to, and if the respiration depends upon the tetanic contraction of the respiratory muscles inhalations of chloroform are employed. For the intense pallor it is well to give inhalations of nitrite of amyl. Should these means be insufficient, it may be well to administer strong coffee or caffeine, or if swallowing is impossible, hypodermic injections of ether. The entire object of the treatment is to moderate the reflex excitability of the nervous system, to sustain the heart, and to re-establish the equilibrium of the circulation.?Medical and Surgical Reporter.