Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-09-30
Rattlesnakes! Rattlssuakes!

Editor CITIZEN:
Some time ago | promised to write
another rattlesnake story for the ClTI-
ZEN, and here it is. / will commence
with the words of Or. F. @. Miller, to
whom / wrote on the subject for his ex-
periences, knowing ne had successfully
treated several cases, one within my own
knowledge being that of Mexican Sc
verely bitten on the thumb. Rattle
snake story you want; sure cure, quar-
ter TO half grain permapganate of pot
ash, brought into contact with snake
poison will destroy its toxic power-dis-
solve in a drachm of water and inject
into the wound with hypodermic syr-
inge." / should myself recommend in
addition to the above treatment the in
ternal administration of five or six
twentygrain doses of iodite of potassa
mot the permangats) in little water at
intervals Of half to one hour, according
to the symptoms Tor the use of Cedron
Tincture.) DR.. Mueller says he scarf
fies and bleeds the wound before mice
ton, also that the Pspago Indians use
the gall of the snake, bleed the wound.
apply the gall, bsndage, and say they
always get we'll. This might be worth
trying where no better remedy was
available. 1t may not be generally
known to the profession, certainly il was
not to me till recently, that, something
akin to the gall cure in theory is. a
preparation called Lachesis, prepared by
homeopathists on the principle of sim
lila simiibus curanture from venom
of the snake itself, which is
niyop iptorpallv bu then, or-o
the bite. DR.. Foucauld, French ply
stefan now in Sonora assured me that he
had used it in several bad cases with abb
solute success.
Finally treatment, that is always
available and can be used by any person
until medical assistance can be obtained
is the simple sucking of the wound by
the patient himself or some; the poison
can be spit out if it is not partially swal-
lowed by the patient with a view to its
internal action il he accepts homeopathy
as it may be observed that it is not con-
sidered poisonous unless injected into a
wound or absorbed by an abraded sur
face. In proof OF this simple treatment,
l will state l was personally acquainted
with Rev. g. 2. Lyford, when he was
bitten severely by rattlesnake. A
A ALlcuO Will nlu1 Ut OuCo 5cdTlQoQ a llLIl6
and sucked the wound, and prompt re-
covery followed. In conclusion / will
draw attention to the following corobor-
rative item, from the San Francisco Ex-
aminer, for it is not pleasant to swell up,
turn green and burst from a rattlesuake
bite if you can help it.
BITTEN BY A RATHER.
REDDING, Sept. This afternoon
while james Fitzpatrick, foreman of
Holt Greeg's brick yard at Anderson,
was pulling. out brick: from a kiln he
| was obliged to reach into the kiln nearly
his arm's-lengtb to get brick such as he
wanted, and while in this position was
bitten on the arm by a huge rather
which chung to him until he brought his
| arm nearly out Of the kiln. He imme-
diately commenced sucking the wound,
and at the present time is walking about
the streets without any pain or i'll feel
ing. He says he was bitten IN Mexico q
few years ago by a,large RATHER and he
sucked the wound the same way, and
has never felt any bad effects from the
wound. The abrasion left by this snake
is about as large as the head Of a pin,
and there is discoloration around the
wound.
Yours truly,
A. 81. Noon, M. d.