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On the 17th another abscess was opened in the left arm. 
On the 18th the left foot became the seat of an abscess, and 
on the J 9th, for the first time, a pustular eruption was 
observed on the face and body, which suggested to Mr. 
Bryant the probability that some animal poison was the cause 
of all this mischief. 
The eruption was peculiar, having no definite shape. It 
appeared to be more like small, irregular blebs, containing 
pus, varying from the size of a pea to a sixpence. Some 
were round, others oval, and others of an irregular form. 
Towards evening his breathing also became much impaired, 
a bloody mucus obstructing the nostrils. Towards night he 
became delirious, his powers became less, the nasal discharge 
more profuse, and at 1*30 on the 20th he died. The eruption 
some hours before his death in parts had disappeared; but in 
others a fresh crop sprang up, particularly over the region 
of the sternum; these were, however, of the same character, 
but smaller. 
No post-mortem examination was made .—Medical Times 
and Gazette. 
BITES OF POISONOUS SNAKES. 
The Parisian correspondent of the Lancet says :—“ A 
scientific amateur, M. de la Gironniere, has addressed 
from Manilla a letter to the Institute of France, in which he 
details some curious particulars relative to the treatment of 
poisonous snake-bites. This communication mentions that 
in the virgin forests of Calanang there exist several varieties 
of highly venomous serpents, the bites of which are invariably 
fatal. e A short time back/ says this gentleman, c one of 
my workpeople was bitten in the finger by a reptile of the 
species accounted by the Indians the most dangerous of all, 
the serpent in question being from eleven to twelve inches 
long, of a yellow colour, with a flat and triangular-shaped 
head, and possessed of fangs which measure three quarters of 
an inch in length. The actual cautery was immediately 
applied to the wound, but without success, as the pain, swell¬ 
ing of the limb, and other symptoms, indicating absorption 
of the poison, progressed in intensity/ In despair, M. de 
la Gironniere ordered a bottle of cocoa-nut wine, a beverage 
almost equal in strength to ordinary French brandy, to be 
poured down the throat of the doomed sufferer. The first 
dose produced intoxication, and the local symptoms abated, 
to reappear, however, as the effects of the alcoholic stimulus 
