Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-03-13
BITTEN TT N. BY A NEVILL0
ONE OF THE TERRoRs OF LIFE ON
TIE lsTHMuS OF TEHUANTEPEc.


A Lizard From Whose Deadly 'ois'"
Only One Man Ii known 10 h"S
Recovered-The Treatment "h'ch
saved Him From Death.
"I puess | am the only living man
that has been bitten by the neville,
venomous lizard Of the isthmus OF
Tehuantepec," said William W. Cloon' |
a New Yorker with Central American
experiences. This lizard is OF the Cha
monster family and is horrid looking
reptile of a notified liver color ana
ia from six to ten inches lons. Its Dite
is deadly, aud, as said, am the only
nerson known who has lived after be-
ing bitten. II was a case Of nip ana
tuck, though, and 1 didn't get over II
for two months or more.
"Tbe brute bit me out Of pure malice.
for wasn't doing thing to IL. l nau
n coffee plantation down on the 18TH
mus several years ago and just De-
fore the hot season began, which was
in March, / had as my guest DR.. Fer
pus Macdonald Of the Smithsonian
institution. who was In that country ID
fine interest of science. While he was
with me we received an invitation 10
visit the great plantation OF Dr. PEDRO
Arguilles. one Of the most prominent
men of that country, and we went 10
his hacienda near Minititlan. The
ladies OF the family had all gone to
Mexico City, end as the weather was
hot we men loafed around In our py-
iamas, the upper garment of which Is
a big sleeved affair called a camlsa.
zone day DR.. Macdonald and had
adjourned to the patio or court Of the
building, and while lay In the grass
talking to him he was busy greasing
and putting into shape his guns and
reviewers. He was six or eight rect
away from me, end l was lying with
my head propped up on my arm, from
which the sleeve had slipped, leaving II
exposed to the elbow, which rested on
the grass. OF course neither Of us was
thinking about reptiles or other dan
gers right there In the court OF the
building. Suddenly. as ! talked. the
doctor threw bis hand up In warming,
and I knew that whatever 1t was he
saw there was danger in my moving,
| and / must keep still. So i kept as
| steady as could, and then l felt some.
thing 70 up my arm toward my head
and stop near my wrist
| "I couldn't see what It was, but
knew something about tropical reptiles
and / kept perfectly quiet while the
doctor caught up one Of bis revolvers
and threw a couple of cartridges into
IL. He aimed across my body and fired
and as jumped to my feet neville
Mt least seven inches long fell writing
to the ground, shot through the bead
The bullet had gone on into my arm
and came out at the elbow ana l was
bleeding. Between the bullet marks
though, were the fang marks where Tho
neville had stuck its teeth into my arm
and / told the doctor thought II hat
got me. As soon as he saw It he gave
me some kind of a hypodermic lnjec
ton In the left leg, the right arm hav
ing been bitten. and at once took hi
knife and slashed me across the FAM
marks. Into the wounds Of my arm
he poured O bottle Of concentrates
ammonia. Almost instantly after
, had been bitten l began to grow dlzz.
and to see what seemed to me TO b
clouds Of light smoke. and when tn
ammonia struck me keeled over IL
:. dead faint.
give days later awoke Ia a mut
!, bath by the riverside. my body twic
, Kits normal size and my tongue sticking
> out OF my mouth. They had carried
me there as soon as ! tainted, ant
, night and day my guide and his daugh
ter had been watching by me, witt
r fires at night to keep OF the animal
from the Jungle. Every IL hours m,
, arm was lifted from the mud ant
! cleansed, and on these occasions 1t wa
4 always found to be OF green color
As soon as returned to consciousness
A was carried 10 the house and put t
I bed, and there for two weeks ] re
NAMED and then went down to tn
coast and up to the well known no
springs, where / was treated for wv
months until every bit Of the venor
had left my body. During 1t all sui
fered no pain. nor have ever felt tn
= slightest Inconvenience since. VIVA
effect the bullet wound in the arm ha
don't know. Possibly the blood tha
= came from the bullet wounds save
E me. -knynow something happened tha
e never happened to any other perso
bitten by a neville, or wouldn't b
here to tell the story"
4 Mr.. Gloon barred his arm for the bel
D eft Of the listeners, and II 81 arm eve
looked as IL 1t had been through har
campaign that one did. 1t was SCARE
as If burnt with hot irons and covere
!. from the elbow down with all kinds {
peculiarly shaped mottled spots
about the same color as the lizard
Nnxv York Sim