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making the injection at the actual spot bitten ; the serum is best 

 and most rapidly absorbed when injected into the loose tissues of 

 the abdominal wall (fig. 95). 



Fig. 95. — Technique op the Injection of Antiyenomous Serum beneath the 



Skin of the Abdomen. 



If it has been impossible to apply the treatment until several 

 hours after the bite, and if the latter has been inflicted by a 

 poisonous snake of large size or belonging to a very dangerous 



