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D.— Bungarus cseruleus. 



■ XVII.— Case reported by Major S. J. Eennie, E.A.M.C., Meerut, 

 N.W.P., India. 



" A twelve-year old Hindu boy, named Moraddy, was brought to 

 me at 6 p.m., on July 10, in a semi-comatose condition, with 

 commencing paralysis of the respiratory muscles. I was told that 

 the child was sleeping on the ground, when he was bitten in the 

 left hand. He immediately felt very great pain and giddiness, and 

 his arm began to swell. Two small wounds were clearly visible, 

 corresponding to the marks of the fangs of a krait, or Bungarus 

 cceruleus. 



" The child had salivation, and ptosis of both eyelids. Respira- 

 tion was difficult, and deglutition impossible ; the pulse was 110 and 

 dicrotic. The patient's breathing was of an abdominal character ; 

 the surface of the body was covered with cold sweat. The child 

 soon became lethargic and collapsed ; his condition appeared 

 » absolutely desperate. I gave a subcutaneous injection of 12 c.c. 

 of antivenomous serum, and commenced artificial respiration, which 

 I continued for half an hour in order to give the serum time to take 

 effect. In forty-eight hours the symptoms gradually disappeared, 

 and the child became quite well. Diplopia of the left eye persisted 

 for a few days, but this also entirely passed away. 



" This case shows that, in Calmette's antivenomous serum, we 

 have a very powerful remedy against snake-bites, which may take 

 effect even in desperate cases. It further proves that the serum 

 will keep for a very long time, even when exposed to all the vicissi- 

 tudes of the Indian climate, for the serum employed by me had 

 been in my possession for nearly four years." 



E. — Sepedon hsemachates (Berg-Adder). 



XVIII.— Case reported by Mr. W. A. G. Fox, Table Mountain, 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



" On February 9, 1898, I was summoned to the Town Council's 

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