Case of Snake-Bite Treated with Hypodermic Injection of Strychine: Recovery
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the other foot, he went in search of some herb that he knew was growing in a field near the dispensary, and on which he had great faith as a remedy for snake-bite. Before lie could reach the fields to gather the medicine, lie became giddy and lost the power of co-ordination over the muscles of the lower extremities, beiran to stagger, and hence came to hospital for treatment. When seen in hospital at 12 noon he was drowsy, thick viscid mucous flowed from the mouth and nostrils, pupils slightly dilated, voice nasal, loss of power over the extremities and ptosis of the right eye. Before anything could be done to him, he vomited a large quantity of thick viscid phlegm. On examination a clear
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