The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-13
CONSUMPTION CURE
DOCTORS SAY vE-
 NOM OF SNAKE.
Declares That Injection of "Crotalias Made From Venom of RattIesnake VIII Cure Consumpti0n---
 May Get Prize,
Phiiadelphia North American

Philadelphia North American.
 hattlesnake venom. scientifically termed "Crotalin," is new remedy nns ens 9SPng %eS sass' of receive the s100.000 prize offered by a Yale alumnus for a cure of the white plague, in the opinion of noted physi- clans.
 In the current number of The Ameri- can Journal of Clinical Medicine. the results of preliminary investigation of rattlesnake venom as a curative agent are given in an article by Dr. Is 6 well-known authority on consump- tion, and Is one of the few men who have had successful results in treating pulmonary tuberculosis with drugs. He phia Clinic for the Home Treatment of Chest and Throat Diseases. His sr- ticle in the medical journal has att tracted much attention among the phy- sicians and caused considerable com ment, editorially and otherwise.
 The use of crotalin is not exactly new. but up to thiss time 1t has not tors. 1t is the dry residue of the sally ary secretion of the American rattle snake, and Is secreted from the poison gland. It is administered hypodermi- cally with a combination of glycerine and distilled water. The injections are given about once a week to start, and after the treatment has been used for some time, increased.
 In his article, which is entitled ''The Action of Crotaiins". pr. Mays said:
 Tt has long been the conviction of the writer that the chief and funda- mental factor in the immediate causa- tion of pulmonary tuberculosis lies in a disturbance of that part of the ner- vous tract which is known as the res- piratory center and its outgoing nerves. and that any agent which possesses the rsqVesiss neaVe area p0Tsn from centrai direction. will, in properly directed doses, tend to correct this lesion, and alleviate, 1T not cure, this disease.
 ''The writer's own experimental study of this sub stance, undertaken number of years ago, led him to believe that II profoundly affects the cereprospinai nervous system. and especially that part of the spinal cord which comprises fine respiratory center and other closely allied functions.
 z'dThe average hypodermic injection of erotalin is 100 grain. although It IS often advisable to begin with 1.2O0 grain. or even a smaller amount, and if is essential to increase the dose 10 50 grain, or even more. and repeat it at more frequent intervals in cases where quite a number of injections "The back of the forearm has been sAecfed as the site of the hypodermic Administration of the drug. The immes diate effects after the injection or erotalin are a burning. stinging pain at the seat of the injection, with gem eraiiy tingling and darting sensations severe and Is of short duration.
 .The cough and approximation. the two very harassing features in every case of phthisls, almost without exception yield readily to the action or ms orus, whether administered simultaneously or Internally. or both. The patient has a decided increase in strength from the very beginning of the treatment. stant that it seemed almost anomalous in the absence of an increase In flesh. '"