On snake poison : its action and its antidote / by A. Mueller.

  • Mueller, A.
Date:
1893
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    present; intolerant to light and noise ; peculiar grin and cramp in face-muscles when attempting to talk; temp, 95-8 ; pulse very hard ; intense thirst ; less bleeding from punctures and blood thicker. 12 p.m., the same dose; no stupor now, but cramps in lower extremities; no incoherency ; only occasionally uneasy and senseless for a moment, and then rising suddenly like one startled when sound asleep. 12.30 a.m., no further symptoms; bleeding stopped; great thirst; eyes red and glaring; saccharine drinks given ; no injection. 3 a.m., no sleep, but only slight slumber; no pain in foot; no bleeding; temperature, 98'8; thirst unabated; only drinks given. Sept. 14th, 10 a.m.—Better, but talking slightly incoherent; received another injection of ^th grain of strychnine. 6 p.m., better; had good appetite; given milk and sago. Sept. 15th, 6 a.m.—Better. 6 p.m. — Better; had three motions, rice and milk diet given, slept soundly between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., no redness in eyes, swelling of foot abated. Sept. 16th.—Better, only complaining of heaviness in head. At 9 p.m. had a fit of stupor all of a sudden, became insensible, and commenced to bleed again from the mucous membrane of mouth and nose. The patient became almost insensible, and could only be roused with difficulty. Twenty minims of liq. strychnine, equal to ^th grain, were now injected into the right arm At 9.20 stupor had passed away and consciousness was fully restored. From this time onward convalescence was uninterrupted, and patient was discharged cured on the 20th Sept., 1892. In his remarks on this case Dr. Banarjee, after reporting that the snake with back broken in two places was brought to him on the following day from the exact locality where Rahimudden had been bitten, gives the following description of it :—Head, large and triangular; nostrils, large and kidney-shaped; scales, much imbri- cate, ventral scales 169, subcaudals 48; confluent, irregular ring- like, dark brown spots along the back, and with lateral black