EXPERIMENTS WITH SNAKE-POISON. 1% 
Injections of other Substances, Liquor Potassce, Solution 
of Quinia, Cauterization, &e. 
No. 101. A dog had an injection of 40 drops of Condy’s 
liquor potassee permanganatis* into the jugular vein, after 
which he was bitten by a Cobra; two more injections of the 
liquor were given, but death ensued in 37 minutes. 
No. 102. A dog bitten by a Cobra in the thigh had 60 
drops of a solution of quinia injected into the jugular vein ; . 
dead in 11 minutes. 
No. 103. A pigeon had 15 drops of a mixture, composed of 
equal parts of Cobra poison and liquor ammonia, injected into 
the thigh; dead in 2 minutes. 
No. 104. A dog had 10 drops of Cobra poison injected into 
the jugular vein; immediately thereafter an injection of 60 
drops liquor ammonia into the same vein; dead in 1 minute 
10 seconds. 
No. 105. A dog had a leg ligatured, and was bitten by a 
Cobra below the ligature ; the wound was immediately cauter- 
ized by red-hot steel points ; dead in 1 hour 43 minutes. 
No. 106. Another dog bitten and treated in the same way ; 
died in 35 minutes. 
No. 107. Five fowls bitten by Cobras ; died respectively in 
3 minutes, 10 minutes, 11 minutes, 17 minutes, and 22 minutes. 
No. 108. Same Cobra bit a pigeon; died in 45 minutes; 
a fowl died in 1 hour 39 minutes; another fowl was bitten, 
fell, and was motionless for some time, but finally recovered. 
In the preceding experiments, Nos. 107 and 108, the vemon 
was exhausted with the bite of the seventh animal. 
_ No. 109. A fowl was bitten by a Daboia; carbolic acid 
was applied to the wound ; dead in 1 minute. 
* An injection recommended by Dr. Shortt of Madras. 
