The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17
ones whose snAcacy against snake bite was Ger.

ones whose eficacv against snake bite was Ger.
'H "Thrse d = Of a Solution OF LOO OF chloride
Of limo dry "a sufficient 20 destroy immediately
in a Elass The activity Of one milllsrsn OF cobra
venom or ton OF vtper venom dissolved In one
water, gLsss aysntities tso%psrs.lyelyl OF
taneonsly into the tissues or even into the veins
without danger. Even az 9 relatively long n.
eficaciops, although injected Into a part very
distant from. the region. OF the punctures."
used. The solution should be 7 pYi IN &C. s snIu maG Is
with water that has been previously boiled.
would he mortal in two hours can be surely
saved from death by the Injection Of chloride II
lime within the frat twenty minutes after re-
often followed by cure. with such a dose y
t t6e~s% Years. np. now chloride RIx itasH Of lime has iH been s nS!
c%esefully used In India a1d Australia by very
ERRs he u nHs.9sI; Or Of M MSIstss@' pr2 Rss conf of
hrmed DR.. .CaImette's deponstrntion Of its
efficacy and has adopted II c9ncurrently
Dr. Mueller, OF vlctoria recommended In
considerable doscs'of strychnine. and that the
effects Of the stryolnlue arc directly the CON
true that weak doses OF strychnihe act favorabiy
on bitten persons In that II Ia n powerful tonic
killer OF thoyenbm In tho blood IL has no effect
whatever~ For centuries the Chinese have used
the same remedy. The natives Of sonth Amer
tain tree Cce,lronl which contain an nlkaloid
tcedrinc! whose effects are, similar to those
Restrepo Journnt Do Z. I%cUi6mtr dc ,!Medccfnc,
1881. p. O5sj have tried y us we'll as the
any beneficial results whatever.
A the renoms," says, pr. Calmette. which
harmless by mixing them with a very small
proportion of hypochloride OF lime or chloride
Of gold. Local Treatment OF snake bite by bath
ING tho flupe Nrith md making xnnlnFftir In
]jections OF hypochiofido bi lime at q strength OF
Loo solution In boiled water Ia perfectly ef1ca-
bites. The hypochiorlde u lime should i've OF a
strength Ql,s5O to ! 300 chlorine per 1000, c. c.
Hence II follows that In all cases Of snake bite.
where we don't know the species OF snake which
dld the biting, the first preeaution to AXE Is to
s DH5Se 81 tnf hy yPSs miSh Is 5 5f'f lime !" l sStG' TO make aS p9s a
%ligntqre or tourniquet around the bitten mem.
Der above the wound TO delay for some minutes
the returning blood, and TO inject at eight or ten
places round about the .puncturcs doses of the
hypochloride OF about half n fluid dram each.
immediately, nfterward tho hsndaRe may DO
taken of and tho place rubbed lightly"
BY the laws Of Moses certain, animals and all
nineteenth century is now finding reason at tho
back Of some Of these prohibitions: For In
ftsnssI ,t the ! sl %sn,s Of vs all snake ma ssD vail XII XII. Il, FIN in
The blood of the cyl is equally fatal.
the vi ,d have Dp psoyed;" .a ssta Pr bIoo,, G /. .s e THAT hat
while we know that the venoms, on the con.
IhF DEcStIlt hIHDIlk lntUlrtlNtS -ktchb ulutT-
ences Of t~ox!city. The blood OF the Indian cobra.
of tho Egyptian cobra. of the %cerastes. of the
ripfrc OF France. and Of the rattlesnake. all kill
a guinea pig in an equal dose If administered
Internationally. The blood of the rattlcsnake
and OF the French RIP ere Is not quite SO strong.
The blood of cells is exactly OF the same fatal
potency as that Of the rattlesnake. Now this
curious property Of the blood OF these animals
Is not because tho venom as such Is to be found
In their blood. for this Is not AT all the case.
II must be attributed to other diastasic cellular
principles. Perhaps these diastasic principles
are themselves constituent elements OF the
venom, for mixed with equal parts of anti
venomOus serum they do not Kill. The blood
of serpent5 produces effects similar to those of
the venom. but does not kill so quickly. II ami
mails be previously inoculatcd with snake blood
at les, than a mortal dose they can afterward
support n double dose OF the venom; they are
then partially vaccinated. II snake blood DO
heated to l22o Fair. II becomes harmless
Venom, on the contrary. remains as powerful as
ever under this heat. and 10 only destroyed by
to 2O3o Fair, or even above the boiling
point for some species of snakes. These facts
show clearly that the blood OF venomous and
nom venonous snakes and of cells contains n
diastasic principle. differing from the
venom by its physiological effects and by it's be-
haviOr when subjected TO heat. but whose ele-
mcnts without doubt come into play In the prep |
aration OF this special secretion"
In other words, Dr. Calmette means that the
venom, as such. does not exist In the blood Of
the snake. but that there are some qualities in
the blood which serve directly In the secretion
Of the venom.