. Annual and analytical cyclopedia of practical medicine; . zontally along the upper jaw withtheir points looking backward. Though rattlesnakes are dangerous,more so in warm than in more temperateregions, the wounds they inflict are notso universally fatal as popular prejudicewould lead people to believe. This isdependent on two causes, viz.: season andhabits of life. Their maximum virulenceis developed during the hot season, orthe period of reproduction. But venom-ous snakes, with few exceptions, aresluggish, and the poison they possess isgiven them as a means of securing prey;this poison, co
. Annual and analytical cyclopedia of practical medicine; . zontally along the upper jaw withtheir points looking backward. Though rattlesnakes are dangerous,more so in warm than in more temperateregions, the wounds they inflict are notso universally fatal as popular prejudicewould lead people to believe. This isdependent on two causes, viz.: season andhabits of life. Their maximum virulenceis developed during the hot season, orthe period of reproduction. But venom-ous snakes, with few exceptions, aresluggish, and the poison they possess isgiven them as a means of securing prey;this poison, consequently, is a powerfulparalyzant, and the creature bitten can-not get far away from his would-be de-vourer. Once a creature is bitten, themajor portion of the poison contained inthe sacs at the base of the fangs is usedup, and it requires hours to reproduce itin any quantity. The second use of thefangs, consequently, does not develop thevirulence that obtains to the first; andthe third is still less venomous and per- WOUNDS AND STIXGS. SXAKE-BITES. 895. Fig. (i. Fig. 0.—narmless hhick-snake, or cJuiin-siialce: an enemy of venomous snakes and round pupil, absence of pit, and rounded head. (Howard A. Kelly, Johns Hopkins Hos-pital Bulletin.)
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