8 INDIAN SNAKE POISONS, 



1.1 P.M. Pulse 96 ; pupils dilating. The only sign 

 of life remaining is the heating of the heart. 



1.2 P.M. Pupils fully dilated ; heart stopped. Dead. 



Experiment IV. 



A pariah dog was bitten by a vigorous cobra. The 

 skin in the niiddle of the dog's back, as near as possible 

 at an equal distance from his fore and hind legs, was 

 taken up, and the cobra injected its poison into it. 



8 25 A.M. Infliction of the bite. 



8.26 A.M. The dog is evidently in some pain from 

 the bite ; he turns round and round in endeavouring to 

 lick the bitten part. 



8 29 A.M. Is quieter; pupils normal ; no symptom. 



8.30 A.M. Able to walk and stand perfectly well. 



8.31 A.M. Pupils normal, neither contracted nor 

 dilated : they answer weil to light. 



8.35 A.M. Slight spasm of diaphragm. 



8.36 A.M. Can walk perfectly. 



8.39 A.M. Walks with uncertain tread, as if weak; 

 all the legs equally affected. 



8.40 A.M. Staggering, but no difi"erence can be 

 observed between the fore and hind legs. 



8.41 A.M. Fell over, his fore-legs first giving way; 

 pupils about normal — at any rate, no tendency to dilata- 

 tion, e 



8.42 A.M. Lying on his side unable to rise, or even 

 to stand when placed on his legs ; all his legs equally 



