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become apparent, one would be able to discriminate between 

 genuine and spurious cases of ophitoxsemia, and possibly form some 

 opinion as to the number of fatalities in India, reported as snake 

 bite, which are due to poisonous bites as compared with non-poison- 

 ous. I would propose a form somewhat as follows : — 



Casualty return of snake-bite. 



Station 



Sex 



Age 



Date and hour of bite 



Hour of admission 



Part bitten 



Species of snake 



Result If fatal, method of death, syncope or 



asphyxia Time elapsed since bite 



Symptoms — Local — 



(a) Pain 



(4) Swelling 



(c) Sanious oozing 



(d) Appearance of tissues when cut into 



(e) Characters due to mechanical causes 



General — 



(a) Consciousness 



(J) Respiration 



(c) Syncope, Pallor — 



Warmth and activity of skin 



Pulse 



Vomiting 



Onset of weakness 



(d) Paralyses. Onset of weakness 



Sequence 



Drooping head 



Drooping eyelids 



Articulation 



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