Snake Bite in India

paratively simple matter.* Unfortunately, it is only rarely that the body of the snake is produced for inspection. Accordingly, the medical man has to diagnose the case on signs and symptoms alone. A history of snake bite is available. Krait and cobra bites are fairly easy to diagnose?though difficult to distinguish between. There is at first pain at the site of the wound which later gives place to a feeling of numbness and signs of ' intoxication such as thick speech and unsteady gait. These are followed by marked inco-ordination, ptosis, drowsi-