1 about twenty-four minutes. Should not the emiorumtie appli¬
2 cation of this virus be the real and true remedy against the
3 hydrophobia? as this poison affects the neck, as well as that
4 ol enraged animals. "Extremis morbis, extrema remedial"
5 It deserves to be tried, if not on man, at least on animals. But
6 many will ask, how tan we procure those serpents? to which
7 I reply, that as soon as the efficacy .of this substance is proved
8 in n satisfactory manner, it can easily be procured in sufficient
9 quantities from the natives. The reptile can be preserved in
10 Europe as easily as others, especially as its term of life is
11 stated to be of such a long duration. Mat ing found in the slough
12 or cast skin of serpents manifold medicinal virtues, when enp
13 ploy^ 1 in the way I Use them in my system, it is possible that
14 they would also produce a good effect endermaticaliy (intro¬
15 ducing them m i prepared state), acting us a substitute for the
16 virus. That is aho the case with inoculation; in want of the
17 lymph, the evust dissolved in water, will answer tiro same pit pose.
18 1 lie cobra di capolh is less venomous than the anmilated serpent,
19 though its venom is stronger than that of the viper. The
20 joghees in Hindustan earn their li\ lihood b\ exhibiting the
21 cobra to the public. They curry them in boxes, and when
22 the box is opened, they begin to play on a sect of bagpipe;
23 on hearing which, the serpent erects itself, its neck swells, and
24 it moves its head alternately to the right and li lt, keeping time
25 to the music as if it were dancing, which affords much amuse¬
26 ment to the spectators, and sometimes terror to those who do not
27 know that their venomous fangs have been extracted. The bite
28 of the cobra can, ns well as that of the vipers, be cured, for
29 which purpose spirit of vd ammoniac, hartshorn drops, 01 Etui
30 de Luce, are excellent medicaments; but being seldom at band
31 when they are wanted, I advise, in all cases of bites from
32 venomous animals, that the poison should he at once vigorously
33 'ached from the wound, which will not lie productive of any
34 prejudicial effect on the healthy mouth or the stomach. Jt is
35 also advisable immediately‘to bind a ligature under the wound,
36 until the venom is sucked entirely out. Even if the animal