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A small dog was inoculated with the contents — 

 quantity not ascertained — of one poison-gland 

 of a tiger-snake ; twenty-five minutes after, vo- 

 miting and staggering came on ; ten minims of 

 ammonia were injected; but again, strangely 

 enough, the influence of the poison did not seem 

 to be " quite overcome," until seventy minutes 

 afterwards when the vomiting ceased immediate^ 

 ly." " It, moreover, ate a meal five hours and 

 twenty minutes after it had been inoculated." 

 The fourth and fifth experiments are similar, 

 but the sixth terminated fatally from a bite. The 

 Indian Commission record a case in which a dog, 

 was bitten by an Australian tiger-snake ; it was 

 a great deal salivated, and vomited, but it recover- 

 ed. There are a number of cases on record 

 shewing how seriously affected from snake-poison 

 the animal many become, and yet recover with- 

 out being submitted to any treatment. I have 

 seen an animal in convulsions over night, and 

 apparently quite well in the morning. There is 

 an absolute wantof precision in the conduct of 

 Some of the Dr. Halford's experiments. In no instance was 



fallacies ... , . - . . , 



exposed, the quantity or poison which was injected ascer- 

 tained. That some poison was injected is clear, 

 but it is equally clear that the quantity was very 



