. Annual and analytical cyclopedia of practical medicine; . KiK y>tx. s Fips. 7 and ^.—Common tcater-suake. erroneously termed water-mwcasin. Note roundpupil, absence of pit, and narrow head. Perfectlv harmless. [Houard A. Kelly, Johns HopkinsHospital Bulletin.) ^ 896 WOUNDS AND STINGS. SNAKE-BITES. haps not at all so, the fluid exuded bythe fangs being mereh a secretion anal-ogous to that developed in the salivaryglands of man. Even after the fangs areremoved the creature sometimes developsa new pair with surprising rapidity, theonly safeguard being to destroy the bulbat the root of each o
. Annual and analytical cyclopedia of practical medicine; . KiK y>tx. s Fips. 7 and ^.—Common tcater-suake. erroneously termed water-mwcasin. Note roundpupil, absence of pit, and narrow head. Perfectlv harmless. [Houard A. Kelly, Johns HopkinsHospital Bulletin.) ^ 896 WOUNDS AND STINGS. SNAKE-BITES. haps not at all so, the fluid exuded bythe fangs being mereh a secretion anal-ogous to that developed in the salivaryglands of man. Even after the fangs areremoved the creature sometimes developsa new pair with surprising rapidity, theonly safeguard being to destroy the bulbat the root of each of these tiny vipers of the far East are moreabundantly supplied with venom thanthe rattlesnakes, and it is more virulentand more quickly renewed. the neck. The other venomous reptile isa small viper, allied to the Tic palunga(or Eussels viper) of India, Ceylon, Su-matra, Java, the Malay Peninsula, is, for the most part, Jiocturnal inhabit, and during the day lies coiled upin some nook beneath thick herbage. Itis well to examine boots
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