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a cobra di capello on the outside of the little toe 

 of her right foot. In a few minutes she became 

 convulsed, particularly about the jaws and throat, 

 with continued gnashing of the teeth. She at 

 first complained of a numbness extending from 

 the wound upwards, but no ligature was applied 

 to the limb. About sixty drops of the volatile 

 caustic alkali spirit were given to her in water, 

 by forcing open her mouth which was strongly 

 convulsed : in about seven minutes the dose was 

 repeated, when the convulsions left her, and in 

 three more she became sensible and spoke to those 

 who attended her. A few drops of spirit had 

 also been applied to the wound. The snake was 

 killed and brought to me, which proved to be a 

 cobra di capello." 



The other cases are equally wonderful, except 

 the last,- which terminated fatally ! 



The administration of ammonia was asfain ad- ^'' Macrae 



o again advocacies 



vocated in 1809, by Dr. Macrae, who was himself ^^eatoS!* 

 bitten by a cobra ; he took " thirteen spoonfuls 

 of the ammonia." 



In 1825,Mr.Breton performed a series of experi- 

 ments with the cobra, daboia, and bungarus fas- 

 ciatus, and arrived at the following conclusions : — 



