New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-17

such propert,s. in high degree. Protsss,r frazer;
into powder Which eou.d be kept Indefinitely 10
this preparation he has given the name OF ans''
II Is impossible here 10 describe the numerc1
and elaborate experiments conducted by professor
vince him that the protection acquired BY anImals
S b the o e ns 10 the
but rather by the presence In The body as rssus
substance having anti-venomous qualities. What
this substance Is. ard exactly how acts are mat
ters yet shrouded In mystery.
TRYING 1T IN THE STOMACH
With the viev Of determining the correctness OF
the common statement that serpents venom IL IN.
er, or nearly so. when introduced into the stomach
OF an animal cobra venom was administered In IN
creasing doses a cat until finally It had received
a single dose eighty times larger than the smallest
ethai ana 70 whe rats aPses go iYen 10 noson.
Gus symptoms were produced IN me ahmais ~
found that they for some time thereafter ini-
mune against he acton OF the a9w rs wnrn w ,a
thus ob tG en- thai serpens Venom introduced into
the stomach in .arge quantity while II failed 70
ertheless produced complete protection against the
ethal effect OF doses ol venom more tnan suinc.ns
10 Kill the animals This seems to vindcate the
theory commonly held and to explain the practices
pents' poison The natives OF South Africa. as al.
ready stated are In the habit OF extractlng vehom
from the glands of the most aeadV seIpen u ans
from tho effects OF snake bites. Many traveners
have Investigated these practices ana have found
and testified that the natives really DO ENJOY con-
siderable degire of immunity .., -.
The results OF these experiments prooahiy arse
afford an explanation OF the protection enloyed ~
certain snake-charmers well as by other moi
yiluals who assert that they are protected For
while inoculation Of the venom Is sometimes rrnc-
tisod by them they are known also 10 swallow the
venom or the dried poison glands containing Y.
rhese experiments also throw new light upon tne
protection possessed by venomous serpents agalhst
their own venom and that OF other snakes OF dner'
ent species. -, -, .,......,. D.
In tho practical administration OF antivenene ITO.
fessor Frazer urges that the first measure taken
should be 10 restrict. far possible the apeop-
ton OF the into the blood vessels by sepaIdt.
ing the part which has been bitten from the ~
OF the body by means Of tight band. Then the
wound should be opened with knife TO consider.
able oepth and strong suction applied to u; Inefe
things having been done, antivenene should be In.
iected into the tissues at and near the WOUND ana
the ligatre should he retained In place Tor al east
half an hour after such injection. a..
Professor Frazer admits that there is yer nucn ~
he done toward the perfecting or the antvenens'
though that Ii will be done he has abundant conn'
dence Even I'm It's present state howeVer ne nes
leves II 10 be valuable and eficacious Tor the cure
Of large proportion OF the snake bites thar occur
"Tne attainment OF this result, he says is faus'
factory one. for the mortality from snake plss
large and Is not restricted 10 the 5000 deaths wne9
annually occur In India. but includes addition1t
thousands I'm all the tropical and eub-tropcal re-
formidable enemy the inhabitants OF these counu..
have for centuries awaited a remedy whose anu.
dotal value and limits OF curative power nave oees
,,hlishel EXPERIMENTAL demonstration