40 INDIAN SNAKE POISONS, 



I.IG P.M. Pulse 78, pupils normal. 



1.17 P.M. Kespirations 28. 



1.20 P.M. Slight twitchings of respiratory muscles. 



1.23 P.M. Respirations 8. 



1.24 P.M. Strong convulsions ; micturated ; pupils 

 contracted. 



1.25 p.m. All respiratory movements stopped ; tem- 

 perature 103°-1 F. 



1.26 P.M. Pupils dilated. 



1.27 J P.M. Heart stopped. Dead. 



The temperature began to fall directly after death. 



In cases of cobra-poisoning of longer duration, we 

 have the disturbing influence of the local inflammation 

 to consider, which would account for some variation in 

 temperature. 



In the special senses and their organs no marked 

 change can be seen in cobra-poisoning : as long as con- 

 sciousness is preserved the victim appears to see and 

 hear perfectly. In regard to the eye there is very little 

 to be noticed. The pupil can be said neither to be 

 dilated nor contracted by the influence of the poison ; 

 at the moment of death it dilates widely, while up to that 

 time it responds to light. If life be preserved by artificial 

 respiration the pupils remain somewhat contracted. I 

 once noticed the pupil remain contracted after death 

 from cobra-poisoning, in which long-continued artificial 

 respiration had been resorted to. Whether cobra- 



