The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-05
STEAM AS AN ANTIDOTE.
a NEW NON-ALCOHOLIO ->JURE
FOR RATTLBsNAKB BITE.

FOR RATTLBSNAKB BITE.
Venom Expelled by q Plan Which
May Easily Be Put Into Operation
When Doctors Are UnObtainable.
Description of the Treatment.
From Science.
AS poisonous snakes are more or less com
mon in many countries, and other cases OF
poisoning often occur, and as have been
the means Of saving a life by new process,
one that eau be applied when it is too late
for the orthodox method OF cutting and
sucking, and used by anybody with mate
rials at ones hand in every house, have con-
cluded that should not be doing my duty
II did not make 1t known.
Some time since, when living in the
country, one Of the incest little girls Of my
acquaintance. about years Of age, was
brought to me by an elder sister for dag
nosis and treatment. She was swe ling
from head to foot, becoming cold and stiff
In the limbs and losing her power to answer
or even understand ques.io As l had
been the means of effsctiug several simple
cures In the district she was sent IN the
hope that would be able TO tell instinctiyely
what was amiss and TO cure it as If by
magic. As the sequel proved, the latter was
almost realized, Notwithstanding that with
regard to the former l was quite at sea.
She had never known what q snake was,
but, for strategic purposes we'll known to
managers Of children, had often been terri
ned with the name of "bull~dog" without
knowing what that was bulldog was the
popular name for very poisonous, pugna-
oious and gigantic ant, Myrmecis vindex) =,
so that whenever she got stung or bitten by
anything it was put to the credit otthe bull
dogs, as on this occasion. She had screamed
and fallen a few yards from the
house, and told her mother a bull
dog had bitten her on the foot,
and that was all she knew. The foot
was examined, but from running barefooted
was so full of scratches and punctures that
none could be fixed on as certainly the
marks OF snake faugs. The mischief had
occurred about an hour before saw her,
and while being examined she was getting
rapidly worse the swelling, GOODNESS and
stiffness was becoming alarming, the lips
as thick as ones thumbs; the hollows on each
side OF the nose we're filled up level and OF
a steel blue and sea green color; the arms,
lower limbs and body were becoming
blotched with irregular raised parts, white
and hard, the spaces between being sunk
aud dark purple the pulse, too, was getting
exceedingly feeble.
TRIED A SIMPLE RENE DY.
Not thinking bulldog ant could produce
such e fleets and not being certain that it
was snake bite, concluded that it might
be a spider bite, as my only brother had
nearly lost his life from that cause. Even
If the place of the bite or sting could have
been found, it was clearly too late to cut
and suck, for the poison was already all
over the body ard rapidly mastering the
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district had, an ammonia syringe for hypo-
dermis injection. The question was, What
could be done? Precedent said send for doc
tor, But there was none nearer than eight
miles, and then he might not be at home;
and, besides that, she looked as if she would
die before a doctor could see her.
In this conflict Of thought and feeling q
happy idea struck me. | had proved in my
own person the power of a hydropathio,
hot-sweating pack to produce a flood of
psrspiration and throw off impurities from
the blood, and it now occurred to me that if
| could sweat the poison oug from the whole
surface it would not matter where it got in
nor what put it there, and, moreover, that
if it we're any good the danger would be
over altefOtnC RuY one could get halfway to
the doctors, and II twenty minutes or 80
produced no benefit the doctor could still be
sent for as a last recourse. 1t was a great
responsibility, but under the circumstances
| felt it duty aud went to work.
OF course these was no hot water ready,
but we soon made some and put it into a
tub, into which the child was placed, with a
blanket over all, tucked in close round the
neck to keep the steam In, but leaving the
head out, This was to open the pores Of
the skin quickly. While in this | spread q
piece of oil-cloth on the table and pair OF
blankets on that. AS soon as more hot
water was ready sheet was wrung tightly
out Of it and placed on the blankets The
child was laid on this, and then first one
side and then the other tapped over her
and it was tucked In close about the neck I:
then the blankets followed, and lastly the
oil-cloth aud she was put to bed with
another pile of blankets on top. Then some
spirits were got to keep the heart action up
which by this time had almost ceased.
Before this the mother felt sure the child
was dying and was nearly frantic with the
idea. Hot brandy and water was given in
a teaspoon every few minutes. and the case
was watched with no little anxiety.
She had not been in the pack over fifteen
minutes when improvement became ap-
parent. The dark rings around the ewes
were less marked, the eyes themsel es
brighter and less sunk. and the blue and
green tints less CHASTITY.
AN HOURS TREATMENT SUCCESSFUL.
Our hopes began TO revive and our fears
to lose their terror. In five minus more
the Improvement became 90 decided shat,
with great gratitude. felt that the novel
plan was a grand success aud the danger
over. She now became conscious, aud
evidently feeling the benefit OF the stimu-
lus, asked occasionally for her 'toddy, +"
which she knowing as much about it as
she did ofsnakes and bulldogs, called wine
gar and milk"
As the need and benefit Of 1t grew less
she liked it less, and finally refused it.
After something over an hour we took her
out Of the pack and were delighted to see
that the swelling blotches, stiffness and dis
coloration had completely disappeared and
Amy was herself again. She was washed
down in cool water, to close the pores and
prevent catching GOLD and put to bed as
usual. She was left with strict injunctious
that | should be called if anything went
wrong during the night, but my sleep was
not disturbed. Next morning l went to
see my little patient and found her at the
breakfast table with as good an appetite as
ever. After that we can excuse the mother
for thinking that the hot sweating pack
wAs the panaoea for "all the ills that flesh is
heir to-"
But some will AJAX, Why call this a case
Of snake bites When she recovered we
questioned her as to the size and appearance
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