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A hypodermic injection of 10 c.c. of antivenomous serum was 

 immediately given in the right flank : this was at 10.10 a.m. At 

 11 o'clock the symptoms appeared to become less acute ; the 

 animal was easier, and its breathing became less rapid and more 

 regular. At 1 o'clock the animal succeeded in getting on to its 

 feet ; the oedema had somewhat diminished, and it was able to 

 half open its eyes. At 6 o'clock the dog was taken back to its 

 master's house ; it seemed just as lively as though nothing had 

 happened. 



" On the following morning there was still a small amount of 

 oedema in the eyelids, but the appearance of the head had become 

 normal." 



B. — Pelias berus (Common Viper). 



XLI. — Case reported by M. de Maupas, of Challay, by Tr66; 



" About 1 p.m., on July 30, 1898, a fairly large pointer was 

 brought to me, bitten in the right paw. On shaving off the hair the 

 marks of the two fangs of the snake were clearly visible. The wound 

 had bled a little, and the injured limb was painful and swollen. I 

 ligatured the paw above the joint, and injected a bottle of anti- 

 venomous serum, which had been in my possession since September 

 6, 1897. The effect was very rapid ; after a quarter of an hour the 

 dog reopened its eyes, which until then had been half closed. 

 Towards 5 o'clock I removed the ligature. On the next day but 

 one the swelling had almost disappeared, and the dog took its 

 food of its own accord ; it ran about and seemed lively." 



XLII. — Case reported by M. de Villiers, Mayor of Villiers-le- 

 Duc, C6te-d'0r. / 



"About 2 p.m., on May 23, 1898, the widow Veillard, of Villiers- 

 le-Duc, while driving her herd of cows to pasture among the 

 brushwood, saw a viper which she killed, and then, a few moments 

 later, three others in succession, which she likewise killed. 

 Madame Veillard thought of leaving this place, which seemed to 

 her to be too much infested, when one of her covin's, which was 



