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Livingstone ("Missionary Travels and Researches 

 in South Africa") mentions a case of the bite of 

 a lion, in which it occurred. Livingstone says, 

 after describing a fight with a lion, in which he 

 took the most prominent part, " a wound from 

 this animal's teeth resembles a gunshot wound ; 

 it is generally followed by a great deal of slough- 

 ing and discharge, and pains are felt in the part 

 periodically ever afterwards. I had on a tartan 

 jacket on the occasion, and I believe that it wip- 

 ed off all the virus from the teeth that pierced 

 the flesh, for my two companions in this aiifray 

 have both suffered from the peculiar pains, while 

 I have escaped with only the inconvenience of a 

 false joint in my limb. The man whose shoulder 

 was wounded, showed me his wound actually 

 hurst forth afresh on the same month of the 

 following year. This curious point deserves the 

 attention of inquirers." 

 Snake-stones. The famous suake-stonc has long been in repute 

 in Asia, but it was never credited with any 

 efficacy in cases of viper-bite in Europe. In 1662, 

 some specimens were taken from India by three 

 Franciscan friars and deposited in the museum 

 of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, where they came 

 under the notice of Redi. It was believed that 



