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His pulse and respiration began to increase in frequency, and the 

 pulse became very compressible, but quite regular. After the first 

 injection of serum his temperature was 98"" F., pulse full, high 

 tension, regular, 88, and respirations greatly increased in frequency. 

 He now became very drowsy, and had to be roused when the second 

 injection of serum was given. Soon after this the patient's general 

 condition and pulse improved. . . . He had complete loss of 

 sensation in the bitten finger, in the part terminal to the site of 

 the puncture, for some days. . . . The injection of Calmette's 

 serum gave rise to no local reaction, and caused no pain. It did 

 not affect the temperature, but was followed in half an hour by 

 perspiration, which was very profuse four hours after the injection. 



. . . The patient made a complete recovery. . . . The 

 serum used in this case was fresh, having been prepared at Lille 

 in July, 1901." 



A^III. — Note of case treated by Major Rennie, E.A.M.C., trans- 

 mitted by M. Klobukowski, French Consul-General at Calcutta, 

 September 5, 1899 :— 



"A remarkable cure effected by Major Bennie, by means of 

 Calmette's method, has just taken place at Meerut. Since the 

 introduction of this remedy three years ago, its efficacy has been 

 abundantly proved, but the present case is especially interesting, 

 since it seems to show that the serum can be successfully employed 

 even in cases apparently desperate. The well-known symptoms 

 of poisoning by cobra-venom were already so advanced that the 

 patient, who was insensible, was kept alive by artificial respiration 

 in order to give time for the serum to be absorbed and to take effect. 



" The truth of the above statements is attested by six doctors, 

 and is also vouched for by the Commissioner and Magistrate of 

 the militar}^ cantonment, wlio, although not medical men, have, 

 nevertheless, had long experience of Indian matters." 



IX. — Case recorded by Binode Bihari Ghosal, Assistant-Surgeon, 

 Jangipur ("A Case of Snake-bite [Cobra?]. — Eecovery," Indian 

 Medical Gazette, January, 1905, p. 18). 



