, 1870-04-03
SNAKE BITES.

Ccrtnin Specific for the Treatment
of WnttlcxMnkc Tount12-1sxtrncGs
from nm Interesting Paper by DR..
I1Allotd.
In The paper read come time ago before the
Medical Society at Victoria, Dir. halforri. who.
hy the way, il nephew Of the world d.renowped
cantat1icc, Nine. Anna lishup, and 10 whom
the discovery IL now attributed, observes as
follows:
Being struck with the effects Of injecting
thirty mlulIub Of liquor ammonia, q r. an. Cf
0.95y into the external tugulAr vein OF dogs In
oculated with snakc poison, and knowing that
| should for sone time after be prevented
from continuing the experiments wrote sue-'
gestinG similar treatment in desperate cases
auouE men; and propose. without, hope.
the least strnlninS after effect, to detail ali
that believe Trustworthy on the snbjecf Of
the injection of ammonia into the circulation
and il ever il should become as great An asent
in medicine as It seems to promise, the credit
Of it's introduction into practice must undoubt-
cdly belong to the profession OF this colony.
'3Cp to the present time, nine Cases Of snake
poisoning have been treated l,E tho injection
Of ammonia into the Fcins. Not ali Of them
are valuable. although they have all ended suc-
ccssfully. In soue the beneficial effects Of the
ammonia have been instantly visible to the by
ISLANDERS. One case Was wrongly reported "a
fatal. After the injection Of ammonia, for Dr..
Nathan, Of Sydney, who saw tho patient, thus
writes me: : do wiAh it to DO known that
Your remedy w1A not used
The foEm OF ammonia which made use OF
il the liquor a,n1nonilr Of the Britisl, phNmA-
| coIxria. eT. st. 0.959, the dose hitherto used
| beng thirty minims- In operating raise tho
skin over The vein AnA transhx it lthe skin,
| with scalpe1 go ~ to fully expose the vessel.
troiuce the point ot hypodc1rnic syringe,
and, passing the nozzle well into tho vein. in
| 5cct towarl the heart. On Withdrawing the
| syringe, the slightest pressure with tho hnger
| ftops the bleeding. 1t is scarcely necessary to
ray that by this means no air rassee into the
| Vein, and even, rs hAve frequently proved.
should whole sy1inEeful Of Air BE- injected,
no mischief need result
"What have reliable Is to tho eject Of The
| injection on man in the order in which tho
operation hss been performed, is - follows:
Dr. Dempster, Of Duckvorth, we the frst to
sayB. Il injected Liz. ammop- fort into the
sspl,nna vein, and also hy1sodcrmieaily,, This
Affected the 1,atient At once, and after the Fec
| ond injection. hc woke up and became scnti-
| BILE; his pupils, which had before been very
| rluggial- acted we'll: and his pulse rose Hom
| Gfty-si1 to seventy
''Mc4s.A Arnold l. Beckett and Woolriage.
speaking Of the Elsternwich case, in which l
| 1nS~elf operated, say: AT tho time OF the op-
olatiou Mr. Brown WIS comAtoee. Tba effect
of the injection Of ammonia into the system was
InArFslous- In very ehort time the patient
Z AAA ~ ALE wa W LAW NY tG4Nf
exclaimed Fine. very appropriate and eig-
.licant word From thAt time all symptoms
Of coma disappeared
"Dr. Barnett. OF Snythesd.le. describing
caee, FAYE: 'CountenAnco swollen xnd dusky;
| conjunctive much injected corneA CLASSY,
| rulse email and Glow. n complete state Of stu
I,or; il support was withdrawn the patient
sank to the tloor. injected fifteen drpps OF
ammonia into the rnelian vein OF the injured
arm In few minutes she became violently
excited, laughing. crying, singing, biting and
two rerrons 10 restrain her
"f,esides these. there arc other cases referr-
\ cd to with great c1eazness A11d minuteness, in
| which il would eccm th4t in cases Of snake
poisoniug, however %ir1llcut, the injection Of
ammonia into tie blood in the mode and qua1-
titles here described. completely peutraIizes
the effects OF the venom. and restores the "a
,ient 10 health and strength in an incredibly
short space Of timc. One instance is
given in which person had been bitten
aor = considerable peIiod before this
! antidote could he administered: and yet, Al
though he had all but brcathed his last, ho wAs
lifted, AZ il ly magic, from the very mouth OF
the grave through this benign agency. Whit.
| however, We are most lesirous Of knowing nQ'
: IL, whether this specific viii be found to be .
! Iemedy IN Alcascs Of fblood-poisoning-w
II is Of value in hydrophotaa, cholerA, &c. That
It III remedy aEAsnst the fearful inroAda ot
fenomoua reptiles, there seems to be some
, very forrih1e evidence. and it would b. well
TOT al those Who inhal,it the countriM Vfler1