GENERAL DISEASES. 403 
modic tincture or the fever powder. A teaspoonful of 
either may be injected. Pasteur’s method has not been 
so successful as the above simple means in curing this dreadful 
disease. A German remedy is to wash the wound in vinegar 
and water, and pour on it hydrochloric acid, which neutralises 
the poison. 
SNAKE BITES. 
In some parts of the colonies snakes are common, and 
colonists are often bitten. The first thing to pe done is to 
put a ligature tightly around the limb. a short distance above the 
bite; the wound must be sucked vigorously, even if the patient 
cannot do it himself. There isno danger, as youcan swallow 
the poiscn, it kills only through contact with the blood. Next 
put onapoultice. Mashed onionsand salt are recommended, 
03 slippery elm yeast with charcoal, and lobelia. Before 
undoing the ligature, which should be kept on for fifteen 
to thirty minutes, let out the blood gathered in the superficial 
veins; then dose the patient with whiskey and ammonia— 
ammonia one part. whiskey nine. Give it till intoxication, 
and keep it up till danger is past. It is wonderful how much 
can be taken while this poisonis in the blood. Produce a 
free sweating by means of hot bricks and vinegar, and after 
12 hsurs give the ash and skullcap infusion as in the last 
It is affirmed that this is a perfect antidote by one who has seen 
Severe cases treated by it and cured. 
COLD AND CATARRH. 
The causes of cold are too numerous to mention, nor is 
it necessary, since every one knows when they have taken one. 
neither age, sex, nor constitution is exempt from cold, for all 
are liable to it. We shall simply say that a cold is the first 
tage of fever or inflammation occasioned by obstruction in 
the circulation of the blood or closing up the pores of the 
skin, which are the natural outlets for the exhausted or waste 
material brought to the surface of the body, and discharged 
through the million little outlets prepared by nature for this 
purpose. This wasted material is the refuse of the blood, and 
