“About 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 7, 1902, while I was out shooting, my bitch was bitten in the lower lip by a very large viper. Since I was a long way from home, I was unable to give the injections until 6 p.m., by which time the poor beast was in a pitiable condition. Her head was as large as a saucepan; she had no strength left, trembled, and was unable to stand. I injected 15 c.c. of serum in the left flank. This was all that I did.
“At 7 o’clock on the Monday morning the bitch ate and drank a little. She began to walk about, and by the evening had completely recovered. There was nothing but a very little swelling left.”
C.—Cerastes.
XLIV.—Case reported by Dr. Boyé, of Kissidougou, French Soudan.
“At Kan-Kau, on December 19, 1896, a cow belonging to the post, which had been bitten by a snake at 8 a.m., seemed about to die. The snake, which was killed by the herdsman, was a Cerastes (Horned Viper).
“On going to the cattle-shed I found the animal on her side and panting, with the limbs completely relaxed. A thick foam was dropping from the half-open mouth, and asphyxia seemed imminent. The cow had been bitten in the teats, which were enormously swollen; the œdema extended over the whole of the belly and inner face of the thighs. Two doses of serum were injected, one at the base of the teats, the other in the subcutaneous tissue of the flank.
“On the following morning the œdema had diminished, and the breathing was much easier; the animal seemed to be conscious of what was passing around it.
“Forty-eight hours later the cow was able to walk and went out to graze, having apparently entirely recovered from the accident.”
III.—Note on the Collection of Venom and the Treatment of Bites from Poisonous Snakes in the French Settlements in India.
By Dr. Paul Gouzien.
Principal Medical Officer of Colonial Troops.
From the time of our arrival in India, in February, 1901, we turned our attention to ensuring the regular collection of snake-venoms, with a view to satisfying the desire for them that had been expressed by our friend Professor Calmette, Director of the Pasteur Institute at Lille.