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advantage to the ' serpent-doctor,' is cautiously a great secret 

 and jealously guarded by every member of the 

 faculty." Two 'panseurs,' however, hearing that 

 information was required by Her Majesty's 

 Government, " loyally elected to be exceptions to 

 the rule," and so we are aiforded information as 

 to the composition of two of these marvellous 

 cures, and according to the " panseurs," nothing 

 could be more successful, seeing that one man has 

 had sixty-two cases, and lost only one patient ; 

 while the other had two hundred and fifty, and he 

 too lost only one patient, and that one died not 

 from the effects of the bite, but " from being too 

 much frightened." Here are the prescriptions : — 

 Take of each of the following herbs, viz. — Zebe 

 Giante. En haut bois, confied Cay4 Petit 

 Fongdre. Zebe A Couresse, Zebe Dahi, Zebe d 

 Colete, Chadron, Beni, Soumatie, Zimoron, Treffe, 

 Charhentier, Zebe astro, Jarpanyai, and Balier 

 doux, pound the same in a mortar, add thereto 

 foz. of alkali, |oz. of laudanum, put all in a 

 quart bottle full of very strong spirits, shake and 

 mix well, administer internally half a wine-glass- 

 full according to condition and constitution of 

 patient. Dress the wound twice a day and 

 oftener, if necessary, with the same preparation." 



