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had been in captivity a year, and was in poor condition, bit the 
animal on the tail, one foot from the root, on a spot previously 
shaved. Within one minute the site of the bite was scarified 
thoroughly, and ‘‘ Zibiba’’ powder rubbed in. Other incisions 
were made between the site of the bite and the heart, and more 
“ Zibiba’”’ rubbed in. After an interval of two minutes, more 
of the remedy was applied to the incisions. Each incision was 
smothered with it. As is usual in cases of bites from Cobras, 
the animal did not suffer any pain. The only pain was a momen- 
tary twinge when the rapid incisions in the skin were made with 
a sharp lancet. The animal did not show the least sign of any 
inconvenience for fifteen minutes. Then it began to get drowsy. 
This was due to the paralyzing action of the Cobra venom on 
the nerve centres. This increased progressively until the animal 
became unconscious. It died in forty minutes. After breathing 
ceased, the heart beat vigorously for five minutes, then gradually 
slowed and stopped after another two minutes. This is not 
unusual in cases of death from Cobra venom. It has always 
occurred in my experience, hence the reason I advocate the 
adoption of artificial respiration methods, if breathing should 
cease suddenly. On dissection, it was clearly evident the animal 
had died of Cobra venom poisoning, and not from any possible 
toxic action of the ‘‘ Zibiba.”’ Subsequent experiments. of a 
conclusive nature have confirmed the negative results of the 
first case. It is unnecessary to give them in detail. 
FURTHER EXPERIMENTS. 
After the publication of the results of my Zibiba experiments 
in the several South African Agricultural Journals, I received 
the following communication from a well-known gentleman in 
Natal. He wrote: “I have discussed your direct statement 
with regard to Zibiba. I have witnessed both animals and human 
beings bitten by Puff Adders and Night Adders. In all these 
cases Zibiba was used, both internally and externally, with un- 
qualified success. I mention this, because I have seen the snakes 
which caused the bites, and the antidote, and knew it to be 
Zibiba.”’ 
I procured some of this Zibiba, which was such an infallible cure, 
from this gentleman, who assured me he obtained it direct from 
