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as soon as possible. The place of the bite should be opened 
by incision and a ligature should be placed rather tightly on the 
proximal end of the extremity above the place of the bite. To 
avoid formation of gangrene the ligature should not be allowed 
to stay too long. The incised bite should be thoroughly and 
repeatedly washed with oxidizing agents (permanganate). 
The patient should be placed in a quiet, dark place and be given 
stimulants. In the absence of other stimulants, hot strong cof- 
fee should be used. The respiration should be carefully watched 
and artificial respiration induced in case the natural respiration 
becomes weak. 
It is hoped that in the future it will be made possible to pro- 
duce larger quantities of serum than has been possible so far. 
The authors will highly appreciate it if physicians throughout 
the country will send information as to the possibility of catch- 
ing live cobras and shipping them to the Bureau of Science, so 
that a sufficient amount of poison can be collected for the im- 
munization of horses. 
