Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-11-10
THE POISON OF THE VIPER.


Without stopping to repeat the various expert :
ments made, will only state that | found the
nitrate OF silver to be complete neutralizer of
the poison. pigeon pricked with a needle i'm
baed with pure poison, died in three four MN
utes. MIX the poison with minute quantity OF
scraped nitrate OF silver, and apply 1t in the
way, great inflammation ensues, but not death.
The poison of full grown viper amounts
in quantity to more than two large drops, one
contained in the sheath of each fang, which is
very similar In cons ruction to that of the claws
of cat This poison is of yellow color, and Of
the consistency of cream. The fangs two in
bones which form an angle opening towards the
back of the mouth. They are joined at the base,
SO that, when not called into use, they he down
Immersed in the poison bag Besides being hol-
low like horn, and a hole near the point for the
exit Of the poison they have groove along their
whole length, TO aid in the providen,ial ar
rangement. Upon causing viper, on which l
had placed my foot to bite my boot, the more vi
olently he pressed his fangs against the leather,
the greater was the issue of the poison, which
could plainly flowing from the hole near the t
point of the tooth, and along the grooves, to
cover surface OF my boot equal to the size OF
sixpence Behind the main fangs, each of the
bones above spoken Of there arc five other fangs,
diminishing size they recede from the main
ones These take and supply the place of the !.
latter in of rupture eXiirpation, that any
person, depending on the fact of having broken |
or extracted the fangs of viper, would soon af
Ter find to his cost, that they had been renewed
, Taken internally,
the poison Of the viper is injurious, least
, to any violent degree. l swallowed the poison
extracted from two full grown vipers, amounting
D in quantity to about four large drops; the weight
cannot state. 1t caused no new sensat ton what
ever. The vi per is the only poisonous serpent
existing in Europe There two varieties, tho
r red and the brown. They may be distinguished
/ a glance from any other snake, by their small
. length in proportion to the:: thickness, and the
r. thin neck, and squire cocked-up nose. The back
o covered from head tail, with rectangular OBJ
e long, square black spos those Of one side of the
e spine being in contact with the others the 9TH
IS er at the angles; just like the black squares
n chess board. The pupil of the eye is irregular
u oblong square instead of round, in all other
# European serpents. The vipers do more mischief
e in the Maremme than is generally known. In
% the month of October when sharp weather be-
GOATS ARB e 6ros 10 the oM H sgohs 9e 81 81
a Maremme, where they remain the winter. Before,
10 however, thew taken back again to the noun
D. tains in the Spring, the goaherds assure me that
ID they lose dozen from the bites of vipers
as The legs of goats particularly ''clean," as
70 horse jockeys call II, and per can hardly stick
s. in his tooth without penetrating some vessel
IN which speedily conveys the poison through the
Iv system. The same occurs to cows, calves and
IL dogs when bitten in the leg they often perish
A. while other parts the effects comparativ ely
d. nothing.-Coi. Maccroni's Memoirs.
., MOHAWK AT A LONDON BALL-"During my
* stay in London, grand fancy ball or masquerade
re was 20! up it'll great splendor, and numerously
%, attended by the nobility and gentry.-Captair
on Brant, at the instance of Earl Mora, was also
present. dressed in the costume of his nation
wearing no mask, but painting one half of his face
ian His plumes nodded proudly in his cap though
10 the blood of a hundred Percies coursed through
be his VEINS and his tomahawk glitered in his gird
nss like FURNISHED silver. There was. likewise in thu
-, gay and gallant throng stately Turkish diplom
m of high rank, accompanied by two hours, who's
attention was particularly attracted by his sngu
og- lar and as he supposed, fantastic attire. Thu
pageant was brilliant the Imagination cou
es, DESIRE but among the whole molly throng of pill
grms and warriors. hermits g. shepherds, knight.
damsels, and gipsies, there was to the of tn
Mussulman, character so picturesque am
striking as that of the Mohawk, which being nat
OF ural appeared to be the best made up. He scru
Ter tnized the chief very closely, and misaking hi
lr rouge ct noir complexion for painted visor, tn
al Turk took the liberty of attempting to handle hi
he nose Bran, had, of course, watched the work
pie ings of his observation, and felt in the humor Of
ha- little sport No sooner, therefore, had Hassa
ap touched his facial point of honor, under the mis-
EN- taken idea that il of no better material tina
had the parchment of the Strasburg trumpe,el
ted than the Chieftain made the hall resound wi,
uld the appalling -whoop, and at the same instan
had the tomahawk eaped from his girdle, and fashe
ca around the astonished Mussulman's head as tho
as, his good master, the sultan, In minute more
the would be relieved from any further trouble in III
ge- matter of taking it off Such piercing and frgh
ain full cry had before rung through the saloo
ON of fashion, and breaking suddenly, and with star
lily ling Witness upon the oc the merry throns
of its effect was prodigious. The Turk himse
an trembIed with terror; while the female maske,
bu, the gentle shepherdess & fortonetelling crone
Who Turks, Jews, and gipses, bear leaders and the
L. bears, Fastaffs, frars, s. rtuneteers, Sultan
elf, nurses and Columbne., shrieked, screamed, AT
1t scudded away though the Mohawks had broke
les into the festive hall in body. The matter hov
the ever, was soon explained; and the incident ";
the accounted as happy in the end as it was adroi
ate enacted by the good humored Mohawk
Stores Life Of Brar
you Ne,c Discorery-An Eastern editor says
liar has been shivering for week or two past vii
e what they supposed to be the ague, but has
last discovered that he was convused with midi
our nation and exasperated patriotism at the unpa
alleed villany of his political opponents!
Give Chancellor Kent's opinion, furnished at the
EIDE quest of the opponents of the License Law