106 INDIAN SNAKE POISONS, 



It is, therefore, equally distinct from the acute form of 

 coluhrine-poisoning, and from the fatal chronic form 

 due to viperine-poisoning. 



Tt will be of great utility here to consider what light 

 can be thrown on the subject of the differences of snake- 

 poisons by the evidence that is obtainable as to the 

 actions of the poisons of snakes belonging to the fauna 

 of other countries. 



Concerning Australian snake-poisoning, the best 

 reported case appears in the Appendix to the Eeport 

 on "Indian and Australian Snake-Poisoning," by Drs. 

 Ewart, Richards and Mackenzie. The snake by which 

 the poison was injected was either the Pseudechis por- 

 phyriacus or the Hoplocephalus curtus ; both of them 

 are colubrine snakes. 



The following is the case : — 



A dog weighing 26 lbs. was bitten by a snake at 11. S2 



A.M. 



11.39 A.M. Vomited twice. 

 11.43 a.m. Is restless, vomited. 

 ]].52 A.M. Vomited, and is purged. 

 Noon. Vomited bloody mucus. 

 12.30 P.M. Vomited white frothy viscid mucus. 

 1 P.M. Lying down very drowsy, breathing quietly, 

 salivation. 



1.21 P.M. Tongue partially paralysed. 



r35 P.M. Is slightly convulsed, but is sensible. 



1.48 P.M. Eye still sensitive. 



