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quietly feeding, swerved violently and dashed off through the 

 scrub. With the help of her dog she succeeded in recovering the 

 cow, which appeared uneasy, ceased to feed, and had a swollen 

 muzzle. Madame Veillard then decided to return to the village. 



" Towards 6 p.m., that is to say about three hours after the 

 accident, I was sent for. The head and tongue of the cow were 

 swollen, there was foam on the mouth, and the animal had 

 difficulty in breathing. I injected a dose of antivenomous serum, 

 from our first-aid station, beneath the skin of the shoulder, and 

 gave a second injection a few moments later. The cow was then 

 led back to her shed. 



" At 9 p.m. she was quiet. The swelling did not increase, and 

 the cow, which had previously refused all food, ate a handful of hay. 



"On the following morning there was nothing to be seen 

 beyond a little swelling in the neck. The animal fed as usual, 

 and gave her normal quantity of milk." 



XLIII. — Case reported by M. P. Eat, engineer, of Saint- 

 Eambert-en-Bugey, Ain. 



" About 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 7, 1902, while I was 

 out shooting, my bitch was bitten in the lower lip by a very 

 large viper. Since I was a long way from home, I was unable to 

 give the injections until 6 p.m., by which time the poor beast was 

 in a pitiable condition. Her head was as large as a saucepan ; 

 she had no strength left, trembled, and was unable to stand. I 

 injected 15 c.c. of serum in the left flank. This was all that I did. 



" At 7 o'clock on the Monday morning the bitch ate and drank 

 a little. She began to walk about, and by the evening had com- 

 pletely recovered. There was nothing but a very little swelling 

 left." 



C. — Cerastes. 



XLIV.— Case reported by Dr. Boye, of Kissidougou, French 

 Soudan. 



"At Kan-Kau, on December 19, 1896, a cow belonging to the 



