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Adder would mean certain death, if prompt and energetic 
treatment was not resorted to. In striking at the clothed leg 
of a man, a good deal of the venom is usually arrested by the 
clothing, which also prevents the fangs being driven fully home. 
This is especially so with the Cobras and Mambas which have 
comparatively short grooved fangs. In other cases only one 
fang penetrates the flesh, or perchance the skin is only scratched. 
It will thus be seen that even if no treatment be applied a large 
percentage of cases would recover. 
FirzSimons’ SNAKE BITE OUTFIT. 
I have found from long experience that the vast majority of 
people, other than medical men and veterinary surgeons, do not 
know how to handle a serum syringe, and regard the process of 
injecting serum as quite beyondthem. ‘Chey seem to be nervous 
and lack confidence in themselves, even after the process has 
been carefully explained, unless it be done by actual demonstra- 
tions or carefully prepared illustrations, accompanied by simply- 
worded instructions. 
During my lecturing tours, many a farmer has shown me 
a bottle of anti-venomous serum which he has treasured up for 
years, and in many cases had no syringe at all, or perhaps 
produced a large rusty veterinary syringe, or a small ordinary 
hypodermic one. 
Twenty years of such experiences have convinced me that 
to make the serum treatment for snake bite of real practical, 
lasting value to the general public, and especially to the farming 
community, it is essential that a thoroughly effective and com- 
plete outfit be available. As there is no really efficient serum 
outfit for the treatment of snake bite known to me, I have 
patented a complete first aid and serum treatment outfit, with 
an illustrated booklet of instructions which any child can under- 
stand.* 
ANTI-VENOMOUS SERUM. 
Anti-venene, anti-venom, and anti-venomous serum are all one 
and the same substance. 
* See advertisement of “ FitzSimons’ Snake Bite Outfit,” by the dis- 
tributing agent, at the end of this book. 
