The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-08

[ ABOVE and below thu wound. If poSsibIa
! tightening TO s'ranguiation # the par.s. a
drop OF nicotine Is extracted from his pipe.
aid etter well scarifying the wound it is
ruo~Sd In. Another drop Is diluted and out
IN the patients mouth, followed bv CONT n
Gus draughts Of brandwein, or Cape brandy,
When ne Is carried home, and according to
4 the constitution Of the man is the length of
time he takes TO recover.
Even after cure is effected serious re-
suits manifest themselves from puff adder
oites, when the victim has to all appearance
completely recovered.
gentleman L know was bitten in the
left arm. but seemed TO be all right soon
AFTER Yet. in year, he quite lost the use
| OF his left eye. A TambOokie girl who was
bitten on the leg suffered badly. but was
apparently cured. For years after, on the
recurrence Of the hot season, when she was
bitten, her leg swelled up to the hip. and
she was in dreadful agony for over a week.
could cite many other cases, were it neces-
sary.
| have received from my friend, DR.. ]. H.
| GARNER, the learned naturalist Of Ontario.
Canada, some most interesting notes on
snake poisoning. This gentleman received
numUer OF the deadliest snakes of India.
and by accident the vessel containing them
was broken and all the LIQUOR
spilled; He placed them in fresh
j q
were all dried up. After soaking them fos
some time he spent hours examing their
heads and fangs Early one morning he
had received slight abrasion on the third
| finger, close 70 tue nail, and some trivial
scratches so slight he had
scarcely noticed them. When
| they were first immersed in the al
cohol they smarted, but that passed off, and
| when be had finished his scrutiny of the
heads, he went to visit patient in the
| country.
On returning about D. m. he felt
| strange numbness in his fingers and right
arm, followed by dizziness. aud felt saueam-
ish at the stomach. Being as far as he
ew, in perfect health. he was puzzled,
ana soon became sick and faint. On cues
tionlng himself seriously as to the cause, he
bethought himself Of his mornings
work, and felt sure he was under
the influence of poison. Feeling him.
self getting sleepy and stupid, and not wish
ing to brighten his family, he went into his
surgery and mixed drachm of iodide of
potash in two ounces Of cinnamon water,
which he di ank, and repeated the dose in
ten minutes.
He then swallowed several glasses of
brandy and began to feel relief. When he
thought the iodide was we'll absorbed into
the system he took an ounce of sweet spirits
OF nltre in cinnamon water. He followed
tuis uD by whisky and went to bed. Per-
SEPARATION set in, and though the arm con-
tlnued numb the pain decreased. The next
morning he was better, but the numbness
remained for several days.
This incident set the Doctors busy mind
thinking, aud he experimental ons me dogs
with fresh poison ( ON the fangs to try if
the iodlde of potash would neutralize the
venom OF a rattIesnake. He was very sue
ceSsful, and then he wrote out formula for
the treatment of snake hites and gave it to
a friend of his, also doctor.
Very soon after two very serious cases of
men struck by rattlesnakes were brought to
him, and valuable dog was also bitten. He
not only cured them tron the doctors rem
edy, but prevented the after conseq FENCES,
often SO troublesome under ordinary treat,
ment, aud a note OF each case was carefully
written out for DR.. GARNER.
In all the cases metime had elapsed after
the bite, as the victims had t. go from dis
lance to the doctors reside zee. At once a
drachm aud half of iodide of potash was
given, and IN ten minutes half al ounce of
sweet spirits of nitre, llowed by three
ounces Of brandy. This was repeated at in
tervals of twenty minutes for about an hour
and half, when the patients were greatly
relieved. This treatment was followed by
preparation. namely:
Iodide of potash Northumberland drachms
- ouHCCS
Wa er enough to make an eght-ounce mixture.
To be taken one teaspoonfu in water
three or four times day, and all the
| patients recovered icklY. The same
| remedy was applied b. DR.. GARNER O man
badly stung i'll the face and head by wasps
| from a disturbed nest.
The above remedy is SO simple and easy
| of application, and so we'll tested, DR..
GARNER intends sending it in pamphlet
| form to be used in countries where poison
GUS snakes alb uEd, and courteously gave
me the benefit of his notes. | trust some
| doctor who reads these lines will be induced
! t. try the above, as feel sure that it will
save many life that would be lost by ineffi-
cient treatment or ignorance, and / am glad
! to give it publicity in journal that will
| spread it far and wide for the benefit of
humanity at large.