CROTALUS HORRIDUS. 



progress up the leg at once, and the next day the man was 

 well and at work.' 



" The above are the worst cases I can remember. I have 

 known many others which were not so bad, and all cured by 

 the application of cold water. Among the lumberers and 

 others in this and the neighboring counties, it is the common 

 remedy, and being entirely successful with it, they use no 

 other, at least in our neighborhood. If a dog or a cow is bit, 

 and they can get the animal to a stream, they are made to 

 stand in it, and are certain to be cured. I heard, when in 

 Monroe County in 1849, of a cow being found with her neck 

 swollen, as the narrator said, so as to be i nearly as large as 

 her body.' She was made to stand in a stream, and recov- 

 ered. 



" I give the above, hoping that, if published, it may be of 

 use to some. 



"SAMUEL E. GRISCOM." 



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