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vein being worst, then the extremities and ghmduUir portions etc. 

 Dr. Jefferies, of Cain City, near Elsworth, Kansas, was requested 

 by me to try my plan and gave me three cases in which he was 

 most successful. He says, " The first was the case of a young 

 farmer, aged nineteen, Mr. Sweicher, who was bitten on the left 

 foot by a large rattesnake on September 23d, 1884. I saw him 

 two hours and a half after as he had to drive fifteen miles. The 

 foot was much swelled with intense pain up the leg. I gave him a 

 glass of whisky. Then one dram iodide of j)otash in rose water. 

 In ten minutes I gave him an ounce spirit ether nitre. T repeated 

 these doses thi-oe times, and gave him several doses of whisky. He 

 was at once wonderfully relieved, and feeling gi-eatly better .soon 

 went away. On leaving I gave him a mixture of iodide of potash 

 three drams to an eiglit ounce mixture, and directed a desert- 

 spoonful thrice a day. He went to tSouthern Kentucky for a time 

 and thoroughly recovered and used no other remedy, nor liad he the 

 recurrent symptoms. 



The second was the case of Mr. Labrodaire, aged tliirty-Hve. On 

 Mav i.Hh, 1887, was bitten by a rattlesnake, just above the ankle. 

 1 savv him about an hour after tlie accident. He was weak, ])ulse 112, 

 face anxious and livid, ankle swelled, and great pain extending into 

 the leg and up the tliigl). I at once gave him a drachm and a half 

 of iodide in solution, and in ten minutes half an ounce of sweet 

 spirit of nitre. I also gave about three ounces of brandy. I 

 repeated this treatment for an hour and a half, but I greatly 

 reduced the doses every twenty-five minutes, and gave a little more 

 brandy. He was at once relieved, indeed astonishing so, and on his 

 going 1 pi-escribed for him. Iodide Potash, 4 drams ; Fluid Extract 

 of Sarsaparilla, 2 ounces ; Carbolic Acid, 20 drops ; Rose water to 

 8 ounces, mix and direct a tea-spoonful three or four times a day. 

 He quickly recovered and never experienced any recurrent troubles 

 to any amount. 



But the most notable case was of a valuable collie dog wjiich was 

 the property of a Mr. Burt, who lived two miles from my office. 

 He was ploughing and saw a large rattlesnake strike his dog in the 

 leg. He at once unhitched, put his horses to his waggon and 

 brought his dog to me in it. He was most anxious about his dog. 

 I wave the animal two drams of iodide in solution and had .some 



