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(7) That none of the ordinary precautions should be omitted even when 

 the serum is available. 



The following two cases show the efficiency of the serum treatment : — 



One reported by Keatinge and Ruffler was that of a girl in Egypt bitten 

 in the forearm by a snake believed to be a cobra ; she became unconscious 

 almost at once, and when seen was cold and collapsed with imperceptible 

 pulse ; 20 c.c. of antivenine were injected under the skin of the abdomen 

 and three hours after 10 c.c. more ; from that time she gradually recovered. 

 The second case is recorded by Rennie. A boy aged eleven in India was 

 bitten on the right foot by a krait. In three minutes 8 c.c. of serum was 

 injected into the subcutaneous tissue of the abdomen, hypodermic injections 

 of pot. permang. being used locally. The boy made a good recovery. 



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