, 1874-07-15

Careful Experiments Upon I1f1nHcl
in Il, Onyu VI SMttikc.Atitu-IOtllllc 1lA I


Careful Experiments UpDn I1i1nNclf
in II, Case VI lSaitti1c.asltc-10tllllp I'm u
Kennedy. <.
rue following j. cory q private 4 lotte' a q
droxhHa 1',,' by Toxas rhyael%u to 2 Mr.: l.. II:
elitor; and proprietor of liz. 3sieq,aph Of
tllat city, BY Which papor tho letter kas bcen
made 1,aap public Wis., 1n ropreeds%HSlus II, to @ Nsw
9rosn aes 4 anysi; s h loter M H., IL f,o
a!ld must Distinguished oIt;Ssens of Toxas, q
thorough physician and accomplished scholar
and gentleman, who llns served Texas w1ilo n
lsepuhlid. aud then as State, in yarionH public
anl honorable oIllcos. with talent and tllstine-
s!,ltI intimately. wo can youeh for 1t tint this
lctlor was not written for publication, aud that
ti!e whole trying or'lca!.-iu which hts
ltaS Mlf haa hing suspended ., IL ..l, the
an lie describos It. Tho combination Of tho cool
courage Of tho old aoiller-for suoh he iB-with
tho lsghor moral courage Of tho veteran ply
stcian md cluar-hcalcd, Intelligent aookor after
scientific faotB boacolal to tho profession, is 80
Btrlkingly shown IL this letter that We, givo it
cntfro. Dr.. sn,ith'a discovery, from l,ia own
pofsos,al experience, Of tho etirncY Of io1ino III
poison from {! aanko-lto. will, Of course, bo
duly noted by plyscial,n. Tho following il tho
letter.
GvEnanEEs, rarrip County, June 81, 1874.
stx 1H4a A zts:? =. cam! wals but will help, l,ayo
smI.y. "A i. Fl . sat.asday; % 'smsness would deserve III
Win he ca.o which may, perhaps, 10 Of iaioress to
others In xn1iiar circWnstaices. -
About dark Saturday Init. a. I was walking mp
el,n.s ono Of my legs a,t as tho 1istant tue
VT nltes ef slarp tsetl,: Reaching tho hou.v Haw ~
tug from them OF my Leg, ilclca above tic
nnke. Thcto uero two :punotures to each wounl,
n,ae BY tIo tao fangH Of tho snake tint Ind bit mo-
$tSnt1 Hs12
miuu.rs from lilo biting Still duterlnne, to do
ngtling for awilo at lcaa n or.tor to observe tho
swelling Increased rapidly aud in aitcci1 1nluutes
inorp the paiu had becon,o oxcrnptatilg and could
not boar any Weight OIL the leg. was Obliged nov
now look, IN o w1ne-g1ass OF. water, a half tca-
sl,oont!a l of saturated tnst,.Eo of iono. About mr.
twenty dsoM. short tinlo after, pcrials fifteen or
twenty minutes: third dose Of loanchitccn drops
H. II tMenty.asa M or thirty minutes after the fourth
had tho orlacca Of tho wounds soycral times touched
With tho tlnctlro OF toline, an tho leg, which wus
,Wnlon from the ankle sa tho knoe, was painted with
TIE pain was o1ctuctatna. but by 1890 Or II
ntloci-two anu half or three hours after tho bite
haA ns,Rted seuhiby. About 1850 in tho morning
stiEncss aud superficial soreness Of tho limb on
couch, now swollen to doubls its former size, hut
with no pain worth mentioning. Nor have since
had a'ltgrinE f''slher than coplcta dsoaao Of tho
~ ii ss ,sa ornu aa H. e9g t to hsro
tho SWELLING, and II tho leg hing down It btcan,o
lnnd indeed still doeH) III few minutes perfectly
liytsl.
Tho interest Of The matter In question lies IN tho
uso. this c1faoy, Of iodine rolntdy for rcnooua
bites. Nothing eIsc than ioaue used spirits,
40 hartshorut not tho least possible Thing III lie world
internally or externally eicopt iodine aud ono small
drink Of water.
Former experience had given mo ,conadeuce in
iodlno by it's uso with othera. was dotur,nued to
give 1t fair showing III my case, urlalcl and
,inobatrcted by my other 1ncdiatloh. I luye at
tachel tile greater interest 10 t :, casa hoca,lao
though! ono IL seldom . safe jt1.se, in his own
csee, tho present lAss has uecs " long odds tho
seyerost + s1ake-bite eyer knew: r lefs to itself
very few hours. That the snake wns worry
largo one, know from Ills heavy seutlug about my
lcEa, aud, may aId from tits dcptl to which felt
nis fangs cuter aly instantaneous aispie}ou from
the weight and severity Ut t1o biting, was iat my
assailant was wildcat, or BONO auch anlmal. Tho
escructatlng pain fult subsequently, o. before mcn-
toncd. seced to mo lo tho ferocioaa cramps Of thu
lnl!aclcH n malignant cholera, except that they woro
not in my degree spasinotlic.
There were other circumstances, bymptorns which
should detnil were writing to physician, but they
would only a. further bofs you. To sgt forth truly
tta cfllcucy Ut tolins must e1ctan my length, do
not know what kind Of snake 1t was, but suspect 1t to
hays been ruttIesnako. Very truly yours,
AsnuE1 SstIrH,