308 EXPERIMENTS MADE ON THE 



Experiment 2. 



1 1 h. 31 m. A pup about three or four weeks old was bit- 

 ten by the same female snake which had previously bitten 

 Elnsworth in the first experiment : both fangs took effect, and 

 the two wounds were about one inch and a quarter apart. 



11 h. 34 m. Pup urinates. 



11 h. 36 m. Cries and staggers. 



11 h. 37 m. Belly tense in the vicinity of the wound, and 

 apparently painful ; the wound presents an ecchymosis, being 

 tumid and of a dark colour. 



11 h. 39 m. Pup lies on its side, and continues its plaintive 

 cries, also emits some froth from the mouth. The ecchymo- 

 sis increases rapidly, and a pale bloody humour exudes from 

 the wounds. 



11 h. 51 m. The animal is quiet and fanting. 



12 o'clock, merid. Appears vertiginous, turning round 

 and resting on its extended fore feet ; staggering and resting 

 on its side, and turning upon its back. These symptoms 

 continued with little alteration until 



4 o'clock, When the animal died, having previously exhi- 

 bited some stertorous breathing, but without the occurrence 

 of convulsions. 



Dissection. 



I examined the body fifteen minutes after death in pre- 

 sence of Drs Morton, Meigs, Emerson, &c. On raising the 

 skin of the abdomen we observed an extensive extravasation 

 of blood, not coagulated, in the cellular tissue over the whole 

 front of the belly. The colour of the parts exposed to the 

 specific action of the poison was a dark red, and the whole 

 appearance in the vicinity of the wound might be aptly com- 

 pared to that occasioned by an extensive and violent con- 

 tusion. 



The abdomen, being laid open, displayed the abdominal 



