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A hypodermic injection of 10 c.c. of antivenomous serum was 
immediately given in the right flank : this was at 10.10 a.m. At 
11 o’clock the symptoms appeared to become less acute; the 
animal was easier, and its breathing became less rapid and more 
regular. At 1 o'clock the animal succeeded in getting on to its 
feet; the œdema had somewhat diminished, and it was able to 
half open its eyes. At 6 o’clock the dog was taken back to its 
master’s house; it seemed just as lively as though nothing had 
happened. 
‘ On the following morning there was still a small amount of 
cedema in the eyelids, but the appearance of the head had become 
normal.” 
B.—Pelias berus (Common Viper). 
XLI.—Case reported by M. de Maupas, of Challay, by Trôô. 
“ About 1 p.m., on July 30, 1898, a fairly large pointer was 
brought to me, bitten in the right paw. On shaving off the hair the 
marks of the two fangs of the snake were clearly visible. The wound 
had bled a little, and the injured limb was painful and swollen. I 
ligatured the paw above the joint, and injected a bottle of anti- 
venomous serum, which had been in my possession since September 
6, 1897. The effect was very rapid; after a quarter of an hour the 
dog reopened its eyes, which until then had been half closed. 
Towards 5 o’clock I removed the ligature. On the next day but 
one the swelling had almost disappeared, and the dog took its 
food of its own accord ; it ran about and seemed lively.” 
XLII.—Case reported by M. de Villiers, Mayor of Villiers-le- 
Duc, Côte-d'Or. 
“About 2 p.m., on May 23, 1898, the widow Veillard, of Villiers- 
‘Je-Duc, while driving her herd of cows to pasture among the 
brushwood, saw a viper which she killed, and then, a few moments 
later, three others in succession, which she likewise killed. 
Madame Veillard thought of leaving this place, which seemed to 
her to be too much infested, when one of her cows, which was 
