472 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 
doliaria or of the Carica dodekaphylla, or Thymol is often of 
great use. Dr Sandwith gives to adults 2 grms. at 8 A.M. 
with 25 orms. of brandy, and repeats the dose at 10 a.m. 
At noon a dose of castor-oil should be given. Care should 
be taken in very debilitated subjects. If necessary, this 
treatment may be repeated in a week. It is well to remem- 
ber that the patient should keep perfectly still after taking 
the medicine, as giddiness and faintness are apt to ensue. 
The brandy is given both to dissolve the drug and also to 
prevent collapse. The subsequent treatment of the anemia 
which has been produced must be carried out upon general 
principles. It will be found that Levico water is very useful 
in improving the condition of the blood, but as it would not 
be easily carried, iron and arsenic should be given thrice 
daily. 
Snake- Bites. 
One or two hints with regard to the prevention of snake- 
bites may not be out of place. In order to prevent snakes 
from entering a house, it is advisable to have a path four or 
five feet wide encircling it, and covered with rough stones. 
Keep the verandahs free from frogs, especially during the 
wet season. A frog is a temptation which a snake has little 
or no power to resist (Waring). Place a coil of camel’s-hair 
rope round the bed; snakes will not cross it. Never get out 
of bed during the night with bare feet without a light and 
first seeing if the way is clear. If a snake is seen coiled up 
or in an apparently lifeless state in the road, it should be 
avoided, as it is probably only torpid with cold, not dead (Dr 
Chevers). It is well to remember that a poisonous snake- 
bite may be diagnosed by the two well-marked wounds made 
by the fangs. In treating snake-bites, it is probable that the 
hypodermic injection of strychnine, as recommended by Dr 
A. Miiller, is the best treatment we possess. “ Nothing less 
than 16 ms. of the liquor. strychniz (B.P.), in very urgent 
cases even 20 or 25 ms., should be injected into any person 
over fifteen years of age. Even children may require these 
large doses, as they are determined by the quantity of the 
poison they have to counteract,‘and are kept in check by it. 
