70 Professor Halford. 



" (2) Inject, at once, into the wound, and all round 

 about, 20 to 30 c.c. (1 oz. or more) of a recently made 

 solution of the bleaching powder.* 



" (3) Remove the ligature as soon as the injections 

 have been made. Wash the wound with an abundance 

 of the concentrated solution of the bleaching powder. 



" It will be advantageous to sustain the heart's 

 action, by injecting a feeble dose of morphia (about 

 \ grain) or caffein subcutaneousry. 



" There is no inconvenience produced by injecting 

 the diluted solution, either into the cellular tissue, or 

 amongst the muscles. These injections are never pain- 

 ful, and never produce sloughing. The injections of 

 immunity-serum will be more preferable. They should 

 be, in the future, the veritable treatment of snake-bite. 

 This is the practical result which we have always had 

 in view, and hope we have attained." 



COMMENT. 



I asked, on page 27, of snake venom Does it contain 

 a ferment ? 



Dr. Calmette says : *' That 3 drops of a solution of 

 the chloride of lime powder (bleaching powder) are 

 sufficient to destroy, in a test-tube, the activity of 

 1 milligramme of cobra venom, or of 10 milligrammes 

 of viper venom, dissolved in 1 c.c. of water." 



This is a very extraordinary statement, and points, 

 probably, to the existence of a ferment in snake poison ; 



* 1 in 12 of water. When required, dilute 5 c.c. of this with 45 c.c. 

 of water. 



