VENOMOUS SEA SNAKES, aSJ 



Ten minutes had now elapfed fince fhe had been carried to the Part' 

 daulf and in about three minutes more a tea fpoonful of the Eau-de- 

 luce was given which almoft immediately produced violent naufea, 

 and caufed a profuTe perfpiration to be thrown out over every part of 

 her body. On putting a httle fait into her mouth, fhe faid it was not 

 fait but fugar, the natives deemed this an infallible fign of ftill continu- 

 ed danger. 



Notwithstanding her improved fymptoms an additional tea fpoon- 

 ful of the Eau-de-luce was given, and a frefh application of the nitric 

 acid was made to the wound from which (the faid) fhe now felt no 

 pain. From this period fhe continued to recover, and in about an hour 

 after fhe had been carried to the Pandau/, fhe v;as entirely relieved : 

 complaining, only of a numbnefs in the leg and thigh above the wound;, 

 which fenfation continued for three or four days afterwards. 



CASE n. 



About half paft eight A. M. 7kf(?A(???Zi?i a lafcar, v;as carried to the 

 Pandau/, faid to have been bitten by a fnake, about the middle oF the 

 river : advancing a few paces, after having quitted the bank he fell 

 down violently convulfed : when brought in, his breathing was labori- 

 ous, his face livid, his fkin cold and clammy, his pulfe was diftinftly 

 felt at the temples, but it was feeble at the wrift, his urine and faeces 

 paffed involuntarily from him, a quantity of foam and froth was eje6l- 

 ed violently from between his clofed teeth ; with fome difficulty, two 

 fmall wounds were difcovered on the outer edge of the left foot, which 

 on being preffed bled a httle, a tourniquette was inftantly applied 

 above the wound, which at the fame inftant was laid open to the ex- 

 •tent of nearly an inch in this manner -|- and the carbonate of ammo- 

 iSiia well foaked in the nitric acid applied to it— a tea fpoonful of Eau- 



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