EXPERIMENTS WITH SNAKE-POISON. 167 
No. 56. A large cat was bitten by a Daboia; injections of 
solution of strychnia, as in previous experiments; died in 7 
minutes. 
No. 57. A large Rat Snake was bitten by a Cobra; died in 
2 hours 27 minutes. 
No. 58. A large Cobra had a solution of strychnia injected 
into its body; died in 14 minutes. 
No. 59. A large Cobra had 15 drops of Cobra poison in- 
jected into its body; died in 29 minutes. 
No. 60. A large Cobra had 15 drops of his own poison in- 
jected into its body; no apparent effect. 
No. 61. A large Cobra had 12 drops of partly its own and 
partly another’s poison injected into its body; died in 5 hours 
40 minutes. 
No. 62. A large Cobra had 25 drops of poison from an- 
other Cobra injected into the body 8 inches from the head; 
no apparent effect. 
No. 63. A fowl bitten by a Daboia in the thigh; died in 
1 minute 30 seconds; death was preceded by violent con- 
vulsions. 
No. 64. A fowl had half a drop of No. 68 injected into its 
thigh ; dead in 2 minutes 10 seconds ; death was preceded by 
paralysis and lethargy. 
Several more experiments of injecting Cobra poison into 
Cobras produced no apparent effects. 
No. 65. A Cobra had an injection of 10 drops of carbolic 
acid in the neck; dead in 5 minutes. 
Experiments with the Poisons of the Cobra and Daboia on 
horses and other animals. 
No. 66. A large dog, bitten by a Daboia in the hind leg, 
showed signs of the poison in about 5 minutes; disinclined 
