OF THE VENOM OF THE RATTLESNAKE. 



101 



POISONING IN MAN. 



Secretions and 

 discharges. 



Dark bilious 

 stool, vomiting 



Constant vomit- 

 ing, loss of 

 speech 



None mentioned 



State of 

 skin and 

 tempera- 

 ture. 



Result of 

 disease. 



Duration of 



disease. 



Extremities 

 cold 



Cure 

 Death 



Nausea and 

 vomiting 



At work iu 3 days 



Within 24 hours 



In about 18 hours, 

 without convul- 

 sions 



Much better in 30 

 hours, well in 

 weeks 



oj hours, coma 



Mode 

 of 



death. 



Local and gene- 

 ral consequences 

 if recovery 

 occurred. 



Limited local 

 suppui'atiou 



Small local 

 slough 



Local 

 treatment. 



General 

 treatment. 



Ammonia, liga- 

 ture 



Cups, scarifica 

 tiou, etc. 



Scarifications, 

 blisters 



Vomiting on 2d 



day, diarrhoea 



11th day, and 



continuously 



until death 



Nausea and vo- 

 miting on move 

 ment during five 

 days 



Continu.il nau- 

 sea & vomiting, 

 pain & stricture 



at epigastrium 

 Vomiting of bile 

 took place after 



a dose of carb. 



ammonia, but 

 did not recur 



Involuntary uri- 

 nary and fecal 

 evacuations, vo- 

 miting one hour 

 after bite 



Constant 

 coldness of 

 extremities 



Recovery 

 Recovery 



Recovery 



Recovery 



24 hours 

 1 hour 



Relief in 1 hour 



Within 48 hours 



Seventeenth day 



Cold and 

 perspiring 



Cold and 

 moist 



Asthe 

 nia 

 from 



typhus 

 state 



Alcohol and red 

 pepper ; 2 quarts 

 of whisky given 

 in one night, and 

 renewed as the 

 pulse fell 



Whisky one quart 

 iu 10 or 12 hours 



Ammonia, olive 

 oil, no persistent 

 treatment 



Mild case; alludes 

 to 14 cases of 

 snake bite suc- 

 cessfully treated 

 with ammonia. 



Severe case. 



In this case the 

 man was some 

 what intoxicated 

 when bitten. 



Carb. ammonia and bevere case, 

 arsenic 



Suction follow- Carb. ammoniaand 



ing on incom- 

 plete excision 

 within half an 

 hour, ligature 



Frictions, 

 olive oil 



with 



brandy in as large 

 doses as the pa- 

 tient could be pre- 

 vailed on to take 



gij of olive oil 

 given every half 

 hour 



Repeated appli- 

 cations of tinct. 

 iodine 



None 



Suppuration on|Suction,ligature 

 back of hand, I free incisions, 

 perhaps from' iodine injec- 

 local treatment tions 



No general symp 

 toms occurred. 



None 



Cibron's antidote, 

 given twice (dose 

 gtt. X) 



Bibron's antidote. Expressed distinct 

 given twice (dose relief from the use 

 gtt. x) of the bromine. 



Recovery Gradual, the ge 

 neral symptoms 

 passed off on thel 

 fifth day, the lo-| 

 cal results were 

 persistent during 

 some months 



Recovery Left his bed in a 

 week, depression 

 passed off on the 

 2d day 



Recovery Speedy relief from 

 use of stimulus, 

 and sudden and 

 complete cure 

 within 24 hours 



Death 9 hours, some relief 

 followed the se 

 vere symptoms 

 caused by remov-S 

 ing the ligature, 

 but during the 8th 

 hour respiration and deglu- 

 tition more and more diffi- 

 cult, pulse imperceptible, 

 and death ensued appa- 

 rently from syncope ; the 

 mind clear to the close 



Slough, exfolia- 

 tion of last pha 

 lanx, anchylo- 

 sis of first joint 

 of finger 



Suppuration 



Remarkable and 

 entire relief 

 from hooping- 

 cough, under 

 which the pa 

 tient had suf- 

 fered 



Ligature in 3 to 4 

 minutes, actiud 

 cautery within 

 18 minutes of 

 the bites 



Incision, suction, 

 ligature, am- 

 monia 



Relates 3 other 

 capis of cure by 

 olive oil, all in- 

 completely told. 



Bibron's antidote, 

 given twice (dose 

 gtt. X) 



Ligatures, free 

 excision, am- 

 monia, repeat- 

 ed washing 



Scarification, 

 cups, local sa- 

 line bath, seda- 

 tive fomenta- 

 tions 



Effects of 2 doses 

 of bromine said 

 to be immediate 

 and well marked. 



Chiefly by ammo-'A severe case, well 

 nia .and alcoholic! reported 

 stimuli, with such 

 other remedies as 

 the symptoms de- 

 manded 



Took in a few hours 

 one quart of 4th 

 proof brandy and 

 a J pint of whis- 

 ky ; intoxication 

 ensued but lasted 

 only four hours 



Camphor, ammo- 

 nia, opium, and 

 treatment by 

 symptoms 



Free use of stimu 

 lants, 80 grains of 

 carb. ammonia, 

 and three pints of 

 brandy in a few 

 hours, without 

 causing intoxica- 

 tion 



Half ounce of olive 

 oil, a sedative 

 enema, and leech- 

 es to the throat, 

 seem to have been 

 the whole treat- 

 ment 



