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X. — Case reported by Major G. Lamb, I. M.S., Plague Eesearch 

 Laboratory, Parel, Bombay, October 18, 1900. 



" Ten days ago I was bitten by a large cobra, from which I was 

 collecting venom. I had only some very old serum in the labora- 

 tory, but I immediately gave myself an injection of 18 c.c. Three 

 hours after being bitten [ felt faint, my legs became paralysed, 

 and I was seized with vomiting. In the meantime, fresh serum 

 had been obtained at a chemist's, and I received an injection of 

 10 c.c. The symptoms improved very rapidly, and an hour later 

 I. felt perfectly well. I applied no local treatment, relying 

 altogether upon the serum." 



XI. — Case reported by Dr. Angier, of Pnom-Penh (Cambodia). 



"At 11.30 one night in April, 1901, His Majesty, the second 

 King of Cambodia brought to me in a carriage one of his 

 wives who, when crossing the courtyard of the palace at about 

 8 o'clock, was bitten by a snake, which she said was a cobra (in 

 Cambodian Povek). 



" The bite was situated in the lower third of the leg, in front 

 of the internal malleolus. The patient complained continually ; 

 she was suffering greatly from the leg, which was swollen as high 

 as the knee. Great lassitude. An injection of 10 c.c. of anti- 

 venomous serum was given, half in the leg and half in the flank. 

 The wound was washed, squeezed and dressed. Twenty minutes 

 later the pain had ceased, and the patient went away, feeling 

 nothing more than a shght dulness in the injured limb." 



B. — Naja haje (Tropical Africa). 



XII. — Cases reported by Dr. P. Lamy, of the Houdaille 

 Expedition. 



N "Lamina, a Senegalese, bitten on the outside of the left thigh, 

 on February 18, 1898. Treated with serum. Eecovery. 



" Momo Bolabine, bitten in the heel on April 20, 1898. Ten c.c. 

 of serum. Eecovery." 



