Viper Bite in a Dog Treated with Permanganate of Potash: Recovery
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Sir,.?Two officers of this station had gone out shooting ono afternoon with three dogs. One dog which was walking ahead was bitten on the upper part of his foreleg by a very big Russell's Viper (Daboia Russellii). The officers saw the snake biting the dog which had some difficulty in getting himself released. The other two dogs when they saw what had happened, ran and caught hold of the snake; there was a
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