AUGUST , 1917 
FOREST AND STREAM 
373 
The Sensible Cure 
of Snakebites 
(continued from page 350) 
ing cobra bites. It has also been employed 
successfully in the treatment of rattle¬ 
snake bites, as well as for wounds made 
by other venomous reptiles. 
The writer has seen it used experiment¬ 
ally on rabbits. Two rabbits were injected 
with snake venom. One was given a dose 
-of anti-venine, and the other was given no 
treatment whatever. At the end of an 
bour the rabbit treated was nibbling cab¬ 
bage, while bunny number two was putting 
in his last kicks preparatory to departing 
for the land of his fathers. 
To sum matters up: 
D ON’T get scared when snake bitten. 
Do not pour an unreasonable amount 
of alcoholics down your throat. Open 
tlje wound freely; make it bleed. Suck it 
out if your mouth is healthy. Ligate be¬ 
tween the bite and the body. If there is 
plenty of room, tie two cords around the 
part, leaving several inches of interval be¬ 
tween them. Wash out the wound with 
a strong solution of potassium perman¬ 
ganate. 
And if you are really going in for 
snakes, have your physician get you a good 
'hypodermic syringe, and let him instruct 
you how to use it. Have a medical friend 
■get you some tablets of permanganate of 
potash, and some tablets of cocaine, mor¬ 
phine, and strychnine. Learn how to make 
a sterile solution. Label each bottle with 
its proper dose. Carry a small sharp lance 
In your outfit. A small vial of boiled water 
and a silver spoon complete a practical 
anti-snake kit. 
A small injection of cocaine makes free 
incision of the bite painless. An eighth to 
a quarter grain of morphine will allay ter¬ 
ror, reduce pain, and stimulate the heart. 
Strychnine is to be used only in case the 
beart becomes very weak and the patient’s 
condition critical. 
Remember that these drugs are poisons 
in themselves and are not to be used by 
anyone but a physician except in case of 
•emergency. In fact, it would not be dis¬ 
creet to mention some of them were it not 
for the fact that it is impossible for the I 
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