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making the injection at the actual spot bitten; the serum is best 
and most rapidly absorbed when injected into the loose tissues of 
the abdominal wall (fig. 95). 
Fic. 95.— TECHNIQUE OF THE INJECTION OF ANTIVENOMOUS SERUM BENEATH THE 
SKIN OF THE ABDOMEN. 
If it has been impossible to apply the treatment until several 
hours after the bite, and if the latter has been inflicted by a 
poisonous snake of large size or belonging to a very dangerous 
