who died by the Bite of a Rattle-snake . 83 
quantity of blood escaped, which had a similar appearance,, 
The cavities of the heart contained coagulated blood. 
In the abdomen, the cardiac portion of the stomach was 
moderately distended with fluid : the pyloric portion was 
much contracted ; the internal membrane had its vessels very 
turgid with blood. The intestines and liver had a healthy 
appearance. The gall bladder was moderately full of healthy 
bile. The lacteals and the thoracic duct were empty ; they 
had a natural appearance. 
In the cranium the vessels of the pia mater and brain were 
turgid with blood ; the ventricles contained rather more water 
than is usual, and water was effused into the cells, connecting 
the pia mater and tunica arachnoides. It is to be observed, 
that these appearances in the brain and its membranes are 
very frequently found in cases of acute diseases, which ter- 
minate fatally. 
The following cases were sent from India, to my late friend 
Dr. Patrick Russell : they arrived after his death, and Mr. 
Claude Russell very kindly gave them to me, knowing the 
subject of them to be one, in which I had taken an interest. 
As they correspond in many of the circumstances, with that 
which has been detailed, I have inserted them in this place, as 
well as an experiment, w hich I had an opportunity of making 
in the West Indies, on the effects of the snake’s poison on 
animals. 
A boy, a slave of a gentleman in India, was bitten by a 
snake called Kamnlee by the natives, in the lower part of the 
arm, at eight o’clock in the evening. The blood flowed very 
freely for some time. He died next day at noon in great 
pain. 
