160 OPHIDIANS. 
Classifying these, gives by Cobra-bites 24 cases, as follows: 
2 cases of 15 minutes each. 5 cases of 8 hours each 
2 “ 30 ue ae 1 case of a few hours. 
1 we 45 i 1 ‘10 hours. 
2 “s 1 hour each. iI ‘¢ 15 hours 80 minutes. 
3 a 1 hour 80 min. each. 1 “© 17 hours. 
3 sa 2 hours each. 1 case recovered. 
In 18 cases, death ensued in from 15 minutes to 3 hours; 
and in the remaining cases, from a few hours (5 or 6) to 17 
hours ensued. : 
The short time in some cases (marked not known) seems to 
refer the deaths to Cobra poison, and they are classified ac- 
cordingly. 
By Krait-bites there are 16 cases, divided as follows, viz.: 
1 case of 2 hours. 1 case of 6 hours. 
1 ‘© 8 hours 80 minutes. 2 # 8 “ each. 
1 “ 4 ua 1 a4 Q & 
2 « 10 * each. 1 “ — séveral hours. 
1 ae 6 1 “24 hours. 
1 “ 14 & 2 59 * each, 
1 iz] 63 (a3 
Nine cases varied from 2 to 10 hours. Six cases varied from 
12 to 63 hours. In one case death ensued in a few hours; 
and it is remarkable that not a single case known to have been 
a Krait is reported as having recovered. 
The most remarkable case is that of the child of the woman 
in Case 12, which died in two hours from the poison in the 
milk sucked from its mother’s breast; while the mother did 
not succumb till 4 hours had elapsed after the injection of the 
poison. 
But one case of Bungarus fasciatus bite is recorded, and in 
which the patient is reported to have recovered. 
Bites by the’ Hydrophis are recorded in two cases, in one 
