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itifectioii is conveyed from one animal to another or to 

 man. 



Application. 



Carbolic acid, one fluid part. 

 Glycerine, one fluid part. 



Application (for Bites by a Rabid Animal). 



Carbolic acid, pure, or permanganate of potassium, as 

 below. 



Aiyplication (for Serpent's Bite). 



Permanganate of potassium, either the solid salt in fine 

 powder, or a very strong solution. 



The following remarks on the ' Action of Snake-poison 

 in Animals ' are taken from a paper in the Veterinary 

 Journal for 1886, vol. xxii., pp. 395-399 (by G. Gresswell) : 



' Some time ago, when engaged in professorial work near 

 Cape Town, M. L. Peringuey and I had occasion to in- 

 vestigate the action of permanganate of potassium as an 

 antidote to the consequences of bites by the venomous 

 snake known in South Africa as the puff-adder. Thinking 

 that the cases might be interesting to the readers of the 

 Veterinary Journal^ herewith I record some particulars. My 

 friend Mons. Louis Peringuey, who was then lecturer in 

 French, has recently been engaged in important scientific 

 investigations on the Phylloxera. This gentleman, who is 

 also well known for his able contributions to our know- 

 ledge of the South African Coleoptera, was anxious to give 

 this salt a thorough trial. My friend, Mr. W. Basil Wors- 

 fold, the lecturer in classics, also helped ; and he, together 



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