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and hand, however, persisted for some time, though there was no 
formation of pus. On the third day after the accident the albumin 
had completely disappeared from the urine. Finally, after the 
lapse of a fortnight, the condition became normal, and the convict, 
who had recovered the entire use of his arm, was able to resume 
work. 
‘* Treatment.—On admission to the Infirmary, A. received a hypo- 
dermic injection in the thorax of the contents of a bottle of 
antivenomous serum. At the same time he was given tonics 
(alcoholised coffee). The injured limb was placed in a hot phenic 
arm-bath. These baths were continued on the following days, 
alternately with damp dressings. Milk diet, and daily aperients. 
‘We saw the patient again more than a year after the accident ; 
his recovery had been complete; there was no loss of power in 
the arm whatsoever, and he had never suffered from the nervous 
troubles mentioned by some authors as a complication ensuing 
after a long interval, and attributed by them to the antitoxic 
serum.” 
XXXIV.—Case reported by M. Jean, Veterinary Surgeon of 
Artillery in Martinique. 
“C., a negro, aged 26, employed in the artillery quarters at the 
Rivière d'Or, was bitten in the right leg by a snake measuring 
about 1 metre in length, which he declared was a Trigonocephalus. 
The patient came to me twenty minutes after the accident. The 
marks of the bite were clearly visible a hand’s breadth above the 
external malleolus. The wounds were inflamed, and appeared as 
two small red spots 15 cm. apart, from which a few drops of 
serum were exuding. I did not notice any congestion. The 
patient, however, complained of a feeling of weight in the leg, 
and supported himself upon the sound one. After making the man 
lie down upon a bed, I applied a tight ligature above the bitten 
part, and, with a penknife passed through a flame, I endeavoured 
to incise the wounds. The instrument, however, was blunt and 
I obtained but little blood. 
