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Case 3. —Nothing definite 

 stated, but one may infer 

 that he was sensible as he 

 had first complained of smart- 

 ing q,bout the bitten part^ 

 and half-an-hour afterwards 

 was continually " putting 

 the right hand to his mouth." 

 No doubt owing to the feel- 

 ing of sufibcation, and to 

 remove the frothy mucus 

 which filled the mouth. 

 Died. 



Case 4. — From my snake- 

 bite report, reported by Dr. 

 Odevaine, 13th Eegt. B. 

 N. I. : " He was unable to 

 walk or articulate though his 

 mental faculties were clear.'' 

 Died. 



Case 5.— From Dr. S.Weir 

 Mitchell's cases of rattle- 

 snake-bite convulsion : mind 



No. 27.— "Suddenly 

 dropped fmrn a chair into 

 the arms of a bye-sta.i)(ler,. 

 completely com;itos.e." Re- 

 covery. 



No. 35. — '• Patient in- 

 sensible, eyes bloodshot, 

 sufifiised with tears^-the 

 pupils somewhat dilated." 

 Recovery. 



Symptoms of Alcoholic 



POISOSING, AFTER Drs.TAY- 



LOB AND Tanner. — In gen- 

 eral the symptoms produced 

 by alcohol come on in the 

 course of a few minutes. 

 There is confusion of 

 thought, a tottering gait 

 and giddiness, followed by 

 stupor and coma ; should the 

 patient recover from this 

 stage, vomiting supervenes. 



generally clear up to death, 



Tlie insensibility produced by alcohol may not 

 come on until a certain period, and then sudden- 

 ly. Dr. Christison met with an instance in which 

 a person fell suddenly into a deep stupor {vide 

 Nos, 11 and 27 in the above column) : "Pupils 



True symp- 

 toms of 

 alcoholic poison- 

 ing resembling 

 cases of snake, 

 poisoning as 

 described by 

 Dr. Hsilford's 

 reporters 

 (that is of the 

 recovery cases.) 



