The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
BITTEN BY A RATTLESNAKE
I DENTISTS PERH IN TINE
WIIDS az HONTtNt.

SlunE ltim m an Nba0dOnrh sho'"
NIIImb for life while FIGhilnG the
Effects OF the VenomOus Injection.
HELENA. Mon sept 81 - DR.. Edward
V Cabbage. dentist. has had . narrow
escape from death from the bite 81 a
rattle~nake m the Judith country. Caught
out AZ night he and a friend camped In an
abaudouad cabin. lie relates his expert
ence - follows
We entered the cabin and 1t was just
Iigh, enough to Sec an Old heap 81 straw
in the far corner that had been used ~
led Ou the wall about six feet from
IN. ioor was shelf on which ] saw a
Cohe' can.
I handed the coffee tu my companion
and -aid. R're. Colonel you can have
some ossffAe and then ! reached further
hack on the shelf Ia find some matches
which I thought might be hare. Ny
hand touched a smooth. slippery ohJec'.
aud before | realized what was there
terrible pain shot through my entire body
Something had struck the middle
finger ut my left hand ON the second
Ioint with sufficient power Ia reach the
bone I thought n was q RATHER and
attempted to cut "a the circulation OF
the blood from the finger. ] had the
Colonel cruSscut IN. wound and ! en-
dea \ ured to suck the blood. hut the finger
turned as white a. piece ~ cotton and
absolutely refused To bleed and thought
seriously Of getting the Ratchet IN the
buggy and cutting the finger on.
For about fifteen minutes attempted
Ia withdraw some blood. and then had the
end ~ the finger cut Ia the bone. From
this wound I extracted a large quantity
~ blood. but my hand and arm had by
this time swollen To twice normal sire
and breathing became quite difficult
4 asked the Colonel to strike the shelf
with something and find out what was
there He did and Immediately the
-na X" commenced Ia rattle
We then hitched mp the team and tried
To- find trail out. hut no progress could
he, made so We returned To the cabin.
After searching the place We found an
old smoky lantern. which We III and when
NV comratle saw the condit ion Of my hand
and arm he becama Mortified and said We
would have tn get out 81 there or ! would
H. a dead man before morning.
i remarked that We might kill the
snake first. which AZ REST was = feeble
terrible. a. we were pract icslly lost and
knew of no nearby inhabited places, II
Their. we're any and We were about forty
miles from Stanford. the nearest place
where a phyriclan could be secured.
The horses were again caught. led
one ana the other folio we'd. and the
Colonel carried the smoky lantern AZ
times would ride. but the breaks were 50
II. al
the animal did well To keep his feet under
him
". struck straight mp IN" side of the
rIy.r tank 80 Arrow Creek bench and
after four hours walking. during which
inv We covered fully FIVE miles We
reached the top II was the most trying
ordeal ! have ever heeu pat TO Ordi
Manly I am good walker aud very
good hill climber. bui my respiration Ire
came 50 Affected from the Toi-on that
breathing se.Tl"d almost impossible.
/ thought many times that ! would
have. to tell the. Colonel 10 leave me he
hind and 10 get assistance II possible. hut
my pride ~ a hill clmher made me exert
all the strength AZ my command. After
reaching the bench We soon struck n
wire fence and some ploughing and about
half mile away We came 90 an occupied
ranch house
The lnmats an old bachelor. was
aroused and notified az the trouble He
hAd no NNlSkfNs tilN lHpAktl lbAlh
bottle 81 Camphor which ! sIpped ~
rather sparingly a. ! was afraid ~ was
made, ~ wood alcohol The bachelor
rod. over 20 neIghbor's and secured a
quart uf whIskey. which ! hit rather
freely while he was after the ~hiskey
I soaked my feet IN hot water, ~ long
before This NV lower eNtremitieS were
numb aud swollen
After drinking the whIskey ] became
unconscious The last words ! remember
hearing we're Tak. him 20 the tent. he
will soon he all ~ | slept a number ~
hours when ! was slightly awakened 10y
yuungSt.r "a III" tent About hall con
-cIou- ~ what was gong Ca around me
ut,.n"d my eyes and everything seemed
dim and while I was looking ~ the child
talking 10 IN" went totally band
ueIRhbDT ramH over later IN the
morning and had ~" aroused. which WAS
c,,l-,dsrablr - "a task | Was PLACED IN a
larg. rocking chair. wher" dreanily sat
un'iI "A team Wa hitChed AZ when ""
atArind On forty mile run 10 stanford
After several hours tn" JOlting aroused
fn. more and felt much better, and soon
| thought that u could get CAN Of to-
Inato..- would h.. Perfectly happy
". stopI-d ~ - ranch house whore
,b. t2nat, 80 " err procured and felt fine
NJ. then drove to the Cook ranch from
Sh.r. | uhunad 10 "A doctor ia lewiston.
H.. said all danger Was over but 10 have
Inc wound carefully dressed or ! might
lp=. the. hand 80 | drove to ls'VIstown.
after several dav- IN" swelling grad
ually went down ] believe that the
cutting - the end - INV finger Saved nv
lif,, and that IN" -N"rtion during ~"
climb was beneficial