92 INDIAN SNAKE POISONS, 



1.18 P.M. Bitten. 



1.19 P.M. Bitten leg drawn up. 



1.24 P.M. Respirations 40. 



1.25 P.M. Head drooping till the beak touches the 

 ground. 



1.27 P.M. Cannot stand. 



1.28 P.M. Pupils normal Eespirations 28. 



1.31 P.M. Respirations 10 per minute; slight mus- 

 cular twitchings. 



1.32 P.M. Convulsions. 

 l.Sp P.M. Dead. 



The blood coagulated firmly. 



It will be seen at a glance that these experiments 

 can be divided into two distinct classes, having scarcely 

 any feature in common. The first five experiments, and 

 the ninth, belong to one class ; and the sixth, seventh, 

 and eighth, to the other. Experiment V. may be taken 

 as a typical example of the first class. It will be seen 

 that in the beginning there is a manifestation of local 

 inflammation at the site of the bite, and that there is a 

 considerable pause before any constitutional signs are 

 manifested. Then follow salivation, commencing para- 

 lysis, twitchings of the muscles of the extremities, 

 paralysis of the tongue, cessation of the respiration, and 

 death. In Experiment I. the same course of symptoms 

 occurs. There is retching, vomiting, gradually advan- 

 cing general paralysis, muscular twitchings, paralysis of 



