Snake Poisoning
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able series of experiments conducted by Dr. Fayrer before his departure from India was first given to the public. We have, through the authors' courtesy, been put in possession of some additional experiments bearing more particularly on the physiological action of the venom conducted by Drs. Fayrer and Lauder Brunton in London. These have been published in the proceedings of the Royal Society j but, as these proceedings are not generally available in India, we have determined to place the records of the experiments and the conclusions drawn therefrom before our readers in detail. Not long ago, at Dr. Fayrer's suggestion, a commission was appointed in India for the purpose of investigating the influence of artificial respiration as a means of treating animals effectively bitten by snakes. The
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