The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-08

Certain Cure for Snake Bites


Among the many evils which have
multiplied in our afflicted country,
there are some, fortunately, which may
be remedied Among our scourges are
multitudes of thieves and robbers, who
| consume our substance. Lawless men
| and beasts of prey are multiplying fear
| fully, and the oldest inhabitants" of
our devastated State have never seen
| the like of snake" of all sorts upon
the sedge lands, which in former and
| happier days we're cultivated fields /;
and they never before, perhaps, have
seen such grassy, weedy and snakey
corn and cotton as the little that our
white and black freedmen are attempt
ing to cultivate in patches, few and far
| between, in our portion of the sunny
South. As it is very dangerous for
them under present circumstances to
attempt to get about In the grass, and
as they are frequently snake bitten in
doing so, and as skillful physicians are
not always at hand to apply remedies
promptly, and besides this, as the most
of them are not we'll able to pay doc
tors bIlls-the writer of this hopes he
will do them favor by giving them
very cheap and certain remedy, which
any druggist can prepare for them for
six bits, and which they can use with
out the aid of a surgeon.
am not the discoTerer of the RENE
dy, but have used it repeatedly, and
with perfect success, for the last ten
years, in curing snake and spider bites,
and the stings of wasps, bees and other
insects. usually carry it with me in
all fishing and hunting excursions, and
keep a vial of it always in my house,
where my family can use it immedi-
ately when necessary. The children
sometimes apply it themselves when
stung by wasps, bees and yellow jack
cts in fruit season.
The Smithsonian Institute, after
many months experiments, and at
several thousand dollars expense, dis
covered the remedy in 1855. The ex.
periments were conducted by Professor
Brainerd, aided by the ablest chemists
in our country The u. S Govern
ment, through officers of the srmy and
navy, furnished the Institute with ev-
cry species of poisonous snakes which
infest our Southern swamps and West
ern wilds ! believe they also expert
mented upon the cobras and other rep
tiles from India, Africa and South
America They killed about FIVE hun
bred dogs, cats, chickens, and other do
nestle birds and beasts, for the benefit
of humanity. The sacrifice of inferior
animal life was great, but they have
discovered a remedy at last which has
saved the lives Of many Of our race, and
which ought TO be generally known
1t is unnecessary TO say il is no qUack
remedy, but is endorsed by the smith
sonisn Institute, under the direction of |
such heroes of science as Maury, Hen |
~, Brainerd and others The Insti. |
tute belongs, as you are aware, 10 the |
Government of the United States
Here is tne Smithsonian antidote for |
snake and insect poison. 10 grains |
iodide Of potassium, 80 grains iodine, |
ounce OF water, the solvent
TO be kept in vial with a ground /
glass stopper and applied externally to /
the wound. Ii is not to be taken as |
medicine internally. In using it no /
time IS to be lost, as death often ensues |
from a snake bite IN fifteen minutes. /
Bites usually are inflicted on the hands 1
OF feet and when this is the case, the /
first thing 70 be done is to stop the cir.
culstion Of it with the blood by apply I
ing igature TO the leg or arm above
the wound. A pocket handkerchief,