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The drugs administered internally appear to have had the desired 

 effect of restoring coagulability, for no further haemorrhage 

 occurred, though there was some tendency to a recurrence after 

 their suspension. 



On another occasion in Shillong, I met a cooly who had been 

 bitten by one. There was a slight wound on his ankle from which 

 blood was oozing, and the surrounding parts were slightly swelled. 

 He had placed a single cord rather tightly above the wound, refused 

 my proffered surgical attention, and showed no apprehension, telling 

 me the snake was a harmless one (i.e., not deadly). A few days 

 later I saw him and he said he had suffered very little in con- 

 sequence. The wound was healed and he told me he had applied 

 ginger to it after infliction. The Revd. C. Leigh (The Field 1st 

 January 1910) says : "A case has been reported to me of an old 

 woman who died in consequence of being bitten by a viper of this 

 species. But this can hardly be taken as a test ; for what proved 

 fatal to a weak and aged woman might have comparatively slight 

 effect in the case of strong healthy man." 



THE GREEN PIT VIPER {LAGHESIB GRAMINEU8). 



The Toxins of Geamineus Venom. 

 This venom has not been investigated experimentally. 



Gkamineus Tox.a;MiA. 

 Illustrative Case. 



The Revd. J. H. Lord has sent me the following particulars of 

 a case : 



Dual-bite. Severe local effects. Recovery. 



A cooly at Sai, in the Konkan when cutting brushwood, was 

 bitten in two places on the left side of the head. He killed and 

 brought the snake with him. About half an hour after the injury, 

 the left side of the head was very swollen, so much so indeed that 

 the eye on that side was almost closed. He complained of pain of 

 feeling that the ground came up very close to his eyes. Both 

 wounds were incised and pei-manganate rubbed in. From one 

 incision serum escaped, and from the other blood. Ammonia, 



