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present ; intolerant to light and noise ; peculiar grin and cramp in 

 face-muscles when attempting to talk ; temp , 95-8 ; pulse very 

 hard ; intense thirst ; less bleeding from punctures and blood thicker. 

 12 p.m., the same dose; no stupor now, but cramps in lower 

 extremities ; no incoherency ; only occasionally uneasy and senseless 

 for a moment, and then rising suddenly like one startled when 

 sound asleep. 12.30 a.m., no further symptoms; bleeding stopped; 

 great thirst ; eyes red and glaring ; saccharine drinks given ; no 

 injection. 3 a.m., no sleep, but only slight slumber ; no pain in 

 foot ; no bleeding ; temperature, 98-8 ; thirst unabated ; only drinks 

 given. 



Sept. IJith, 10 a.m. — Better, but talking slightly incoherent ; 

 received another injection of 12th grain of strychnine. 6 p.m., 

 better ; had good appetite ; given milk and sago. 



Sept. 15th, 6 a.m. — Better. 6 p.m. — Better ; had three 

 motions, rice and milk diet given, slept soundly between 10 a.m. 

 and 2 p.m., no redness in eyes, swelling of foot abated. 



Sept. 16th. — Better, only complaining of heaviness in head. 

 At 9 p.m. had a fit of stupor all of a sudden, became insensible, and 

 commenced to bleed again from the mucous membrane of mouth and 

 nose. The patient became almost insensible, and could only be 

 roused with difficulty. Twenty minims of liq. strychnise, equal to 

 I th grain, were now injected into the right arm 



At 9.20 stupor had passed away and consciousness was fully 

 restored. From this time onward convalescence was uninterrupted, 

 and patient was discharged cured on the 20th Sept., 1892. 



In his remarks on this case Dr. Banarjee^ after reporting that 

 the snake with back broken in two places was brought to him on 

 the following day from the exact locality where Rahimudden liad 

 been bitten, gives the following description of it : — Head, large and 

 triangular ; nostrils, large and kidney-shaped ; scales, much imbri- 

 cate, ventral scales 169, subcaudals 48; confluent, irregular ring- 

 like, dark brown spots along the back, and with lateral black 



