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suggest the hope that the method of treatment here advocated may 

 produce good results even when it is not put into operation until con- 

 siderably longer periods than in any of the above experiments, especially 

 when only slightly sw^ra-minimal lethal doses have been received into 

 the tissues. 



Conclusions. 



Further experiments will be necessary to ascertain the exact limits 

 of the value of this form of treatment, and they will be undertaken 

 immediately by one of us (Rogers) in India, fresh venoms being tried, as 

 it is possible that they may be more rapidly absorbed than those which 

 have been dried and redissolved. We think, however, that the results 

 reported in this communication are sufficiently promising to make it 

 advisable to place them on record, with a view to a trial being given to 

 the method in suitable cases, especially as the crystals of permanganate of 

 potash are actively antiseptic without acting as more than a superficial 

 escharotic, so that the treatment has no markedly injurious effect which 

 can be weighed for an instant against the terrible results of bites by 

 venomous snakes. The process here recommended has already yielded 

 experimental results far in advance of anything hitherto attained. 



It is worthy of note that the earlier experiments of the first two 

 authors were stopped nearly 30 years ago by the passing of the Act for 

 regulating experiments on animals in England, but for which this logical 

 sequence of their earlier work might very probably have beer* made 

 many years ago. 



