INDIAN SNAKE POISONS,
4.3 P.M. Respirations 16; of a somewhat exaggerated character.
4.5 P.M. Comb has become of a dusky purple colour; slight couvulsive movements of body.
4.9 P.M. Respirations 9.
4.13 P.M. Slight convulsions.
4.15 P.M. Pupils contracted ; answer to light.
4.17 P.M. Convulsions.
4.20 to 4.22 P.M. Convulsions continuing, but gradually becoming less violent.
4.25 P.M. Pupils widely dilated. Dead.
Experiment VI.
A medium-sized frog (Rana tigrina) had a solution of five centigrammes (.77 grain) of dried cobra poison, in one cubic centimetre of distilled water, injected into its dorsal sac.
12.42 P.M. Injection.
1 P.M. No change.
1.23 P.M. Struggling violently to escape.
1.40 P.M. Becoming paralysed.
1.58 P.M. Dead.
Prom these cases it may be gathered that the symptoms of cobra-poisoning are as follow: —
The first manifestation of cobra-poison having been injected beneath the skin is a sensation of pain in the bitten part. It seems to vary much in degree, but is