Scientific American Volume 65 Number 20 (November 1891) . minutes, according to thevirulence of the attack. In some cases a grain ofstrychnine has been given thus within a few two poisons are antagonistic, and the characteris-tic effects of the strychnine only show themselves afterthe venom has been neutralized. The first independentaction of the drug is evinced by slight muscular spasmsand the injections must then be discontinued, unlessafter a time the snake poison reasserts itself. So longas the latter is active the strychnine can be applied inquantities which would be fatal in th
Scientific American Volume 65 Number 20 (November 1891) . minutes, according to thevirulence of the attack. In some cases a grain ofstrychnine has been given thus within a few two poisons are antagonistic, and the characteris-tic effects of the strychnine only show themselves afterthe venom has been neutralized. The first independentaction of the drug is evinced by slight muscular spasmsand the injections must then be discontinued, unlessafter a time the snake poison reasserts itself. So longas the latter is active the strychnine can be applied inquantities which would be fatal in the absence of thevirus. Out of the hundred patients treated this way,some of whom were at the point of death, there wasonly one failure, and that arose from the stoppage ofthe injections after one and a quarter grains of strych-nine were administered. Any part of the body willserve for the injection, but Dr. Mueller chooses a partnear the snake bite. A correspondent says it costs nothing, does not getout of order, is effective and ever A Substitute for German Silver. With a view to obtain, if possible, a cheaper and bet-ter article than German silver, that would be suitablefor electrical purposes, Mr. A. H. Cowles has been forsome time endeavoring to procure alloys of copper andmanganese. He found that while pure metallic man-ganese could with difficulty be reduced by the ordinarymethods, it could be cheaply reduced in the electricfurnace. This fact has facilitated the production, aftera long series of experiments, of a substitute for Germansilver, which is styled silver bronze. The difficulties attending the casting, etc., of a puremanganese bronze have been surmounted by introduc-ing into the alloy a small percentage of addition of 1}£ per cent of this metal to the alloyconverts it from being most refractory in the castingprocess to being most satisfactory in this aespect. Theaddition of aluminum also produces an alloy of muchgreater non-corro
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