Report on the effects of artificial respiration, intravenous injection of ammonia, and administration of various drugs, &c. in Indian and Australian snake-poisoning, and the physiological, chemical, and microscopical nature of snake-poisons / by the commission appointed to investigate the subject.
- Date:
- 1874
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report on the effects of artificial respiration, intravenous injection of ammonia, and administration of various drugs, &c. in Indian and Australian snake-poisoning, and the physiological, chemical, and microscopical nature of snake-poisons / by the commission appointed to investigate the subject. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![BiU- — (Continued). Weight of dog. 5 6 7 18 24 39 lbs. 28 „ 24 „ 40 „ 35 11 12 13 17 14 15 30 ]9 23 31 20 32 24 19 20 41 44 14 18 30 38 15 29 17 40 From poisoning to dcnth or recovery. Averages. Weight. Time. Remarks. Hrs. Ms. Hrs- Ms Injection of 1 grain. J 1 21 1 42 0 57 3 45 0 52 Injection of | of a grain. 32 I 35 lbs. ... 1 1 Injection of i a grain. 4 8 24 58 14 lbs. ... } 214 Injection of i of a grain, j 304 lbs. ... 1 6 20 0 11 30 Recovered. Ditto. 18 lbs. 11 Injection of ■£$ of a grain. Recovered... I Ditto ... I Result unknown 31 25 Recovered. 5G A goat. 32 11 10 Recovered. Injection of f of a grain. 4 28 | 14 lbs. ... 1 4 28 Injection of jfe of a grain. 30 Injection of ife of a grain. 17 lbs. ... 31 25 Much affected. Ditto. Bolted. It thus appears that when dogs were effectually bitten by the cobra, death resulted in fifty minutes, doubtless having been postponed on account of the long time the snakes had been detained in captivity. When the poison was hypodermically injected in from two to two and a half grains, one grain, three-quarters of a grain, and half a grain, death took place, on an average, in one hour and forty-three](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20410049_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
