The sun., 1873-06-13
Terrible Mortality from snake Bites
in India-I l. there no AntidOtc

thuritirs II is computed at u much higher
figure. Prof. FAYRaH Of Calcutta says
that in some years ~ many IL twenty
thousand persons are killed by snakes in
Ilindostan alone.
Al one time bounty money was paid on
every snake brought in or killed. This
system worked quite well, but the indian
Government found that the natives would
often bring In harmless snakes, and would
not Kill the cobra, ms they regarded II
with superstitious awe. The system was
given up; but 1t is now proposed that a
price shall he set on the heads OF the most
veuomous serpents Ivy the Governments
In any event, no matter how many snakes
are killed, there will always remain
enough of them to cause the death of
thousands in Fast India every year unless
some sure and qickly-acting antldote Is
discovered and made generally known.
In the discussion which has taken place
in England during tho last eight months
in regard TO the treatment OF snake bites
several widely divergent views have been
advocated. lnsprctur-Grncral BUTTER OF
the Bengal army retired list, who has seen
thiitV-eght years Of Indian service, says
that brandy and laudanum in excessive
/ doses, shOit of narcOtism, with lga-
turc of the limb and compulsory loco
motion. is the proper treatment, and one
that he has successfully acted upon in
India. Th> simple remedy was published,
he asserts i'm Bengal nearly Fifty years
since. and was speedily and implicitly
adopted and >uccc,- filiy prrti>cd los i-o-
lated indigo planters und native land
I.ff.
SAY:
"lt wa- when in medical charge of the
tor.. ..'ir l. -ut Infantry. is'i ST. o. Inl rN
tI-t suu mort extensive tNI,rI,ute ut the tcrIl
n.m Ncuumuu, shake. That di. .tiir, Wa- th'9
much uV.i-ruwn WIN 4" dgiW .nI; "nl -W'rn'
With snakes. iu l,t'linl the bank. "i a u-. less
thh h uN own -r"aui- .l.i,3 d zen '"'ta-
ut nu. dIl. B.. lIr- 70 ';. raj h l,-.
f.rt me make this aupo1l to your Indian
correspondent. lriu t.h.utti. leg Inn inquire Of
umcmhyr Il The i!u,.N oi Eait Il VII ~ '>kAH
uu thi- subject. .lhc liauuu COM ,lined To- me.
'hen | Wls cNu surge, "A oi Beuarrs; 81 ~"
..rct los of lite 10 his vicinity frDm -ua,
. answered WIN ,oine surlri-c' that Thought
the remedy wa- uniNer-all> known, aud then
! gave Tim = detli ~ the treatment, adding, of
. o"u.", that Il the deadN sNinlt ms rtrufted
. the treatment Nas TO be- rrcunmenccl. some
/ time a'icrwdrd, When returning hi, Wit, va.
+ t"ld hF lbu tlat ne had cured anoIl ~ caSe- !
. suakc-hitc, aud that one was then under his
treatment. he showed me thr injured man.
/ and a-k,d me whether further treatment was
required. 4 the man serucd perfectly rccoy-
erred. | said Ne, utiitung my former caution
about H., rcpetition of the treatment In casc 81
need. I-rf.rtuuttply the Bahoo took III,
answer too literally, and nitcrward told me that
the man Lad died. Again cucuunt.rirg Nj. T..
Nion0i>oN, then an indigo planter near
-Al'm-hur and now sub-dcputy opium
asrnt there. and knowing how useful
b" was Ia giving medical treatment to
h, Ieishh'r-. a.ecd him what h."
did f'r sunh" hit-. Ne promptly answered,
" Let tuc add once Foo, Iicut, which may, " lull
id.u l'ir' ylif1.t lh' luNllI 9ittll'I' IN lN-''
sM man ih 'tp"l : ,'ndir-' ,iluh1lE toward
me from the resImcutti lines lie fell Just a, he
reached the step. leadins T. the house | found
him bleeding from two lHcerat,d wounds 800 the
i'-H "anh md Lndin- hi, pulse SlIkns and
I.." I' ~ might seem, thit he had been hii''n hy
aNtn"muu- snake, aud Immediately eayr him
tneu-u.l remedies. Aftri me time li. rul,r
returned, and when b" ""p,nod hl,cyes Thought
tha' / rrcogn .4rd him. and asked lin whether
he nad not before h""u under my treatment.
'tsrtaIulN. Ire said last year was bitten hy "A
snake aud brought To- you In au u-~l.jblo state,
and recovered. Just now | We eros ,iu. the
i.rii,. ard rived large .u. rt go ms rirnt
uHI.u,d me-. aud In tw, -ucre -ivr syringe o. {
iu". as i"u .ry. uid not st.pn m"n'Ht, %
Wt- uy "uly ,htn,, i.r uly.'
The cobra dc capcllo or hooded snake
l,allcd from n. halit Of duat.u- ,t- lt,,k
800 tlrtt tho head appear a. though covered
hN a hood-is one of the most deadly of
East Indian snake. IT, poison H. said Ia
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