13 BRITISH SERPENTS. 
One of the few recorded fatal cases of adder-bite is 
that published in the ‘ British Medical Journal’ of 
July 15, 1893, by Dr P. P. Jennings and Dr Rh. C. 
Fraser, from Llwynpia, Glamorganshire. As this case 
was observed in great detail by these two medical 
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men, it will be well to reproduce it here, minus the 
technical terms used in the strictly medical report :— 
“A.B. aged 114 years, whilst playing on the side 
of a mountain in Glamoreanshire on June 5, 1893, 
was bitten by a snake. He saw a bird resting on 
a fern, fluttering its wings ; for the purpose of captur- 
ing it he extended Ins hand, and was immediately 
bitten by a reptile lying concealed. The bite was 
at once sucked by some one who had witnessed the 
incident, and the boy ran homewards. 
“He was seen professionally within three-quarters 
of an hour following the receipt of the bite. At this 
time he presented two distinct punctures, situated 
about one-tenth of an inch apart, on the middle of 
the right forefinger. There was no swelling, no 
tenderness on pressure, no complaint of pain in the 
finger. ‘The case was regarded as a bite from an 
ordinary ‘mountain snake, and was treated aceord- 
ingly. The boy appeared to be of particularly robust 
physique for his ace. 
“At 5 p.M.—an hour and a half after being bitten 
—he was decidedly drowsy, and vave evidence of 
vreat pain in the affected fnger on being roused ; 
vomiting had taken place; his temperature was 
