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retained. At2a.m. he vomited again and then took more medicine. 
At 11 am., October 4th, he vomited again and wished to take more 
medicine but was unable to swallow. 
“He then instructed his adopted mother to fetch more of the 
plant from which the medicine is made and to make up a fresh dose 
telling her where to find the plant. She did according to his 
instructions and bringing the plant to him prepared it according to 
his instructions. She then gave the preparation to him but he 
spasms in his throat and could swallow nothing. 
“ Nai No died about 1 p.m. 
“The corpse and snakes were sent to Police-Surgeon Dr. Fysche 
who certified that death was from snake-bite . . . .” 
MEMORANDUM. 
“The fact that Nai No had been frequently bitten by cobras and 
had cured himself every time is about as well establis any- 
person bitten survived more than two hours. In the vast majority 
of cases death occurred within 30 minutes of being bitten. 
e medicine used by Nai No is prepared as follows :— 
The leaves and twigs of a plant named i Siamese ‘Salate phang 
