. The principles and practice of surgery. d by the ligature,by free incisions or excisions, and poultices containing carbolic acid andsweet oil. The internal remedies are ammonia, brandy, and opium. CHAPTER Till. WOUNDS INFLICTED BY VENOMOUS —Vulnera Veneno Infecta, Serpentibus, (R. O.) All of that sub-order of reptiles, recognized among zoologists asviperina, are more or less venomous. This group includes not onlythe species known as the viper, but also the crotolus or rattlesnake. The viperina are, in general, characterized by the following distinctivefeatures. The body is compa
. The principles and practice of surgery. d by the ligature,by free incisions or excisions, and poultices containing carbolic acid andsweet oil. The internal remedies are ammonia, brandy, and opium. CHAPTER Till. WOUNDS INFLICTED BY VENOMOUS —Vulnera Veneno Infecta, Serpentibus, (R. O.) All of that sub-order of reptiles, recognized among zoologists asviperina, are more or less venomous. This group includes not onlythe species known as the viper, but also the crotolus or rattlesnake. The viperina are, in general, characterized by the following distinctivefeatures. The body is comparatively thick; its movements are slug-gish ; the tail is short; the head is broad and flattened; the upper liphangs on either side like the lip of a mastiff, and the jaws open verywide. WOUNDS INFLICTED BY VENOMOUS SEEPEJSTTS. 125 Of the rattlesnake, Professor Ilolbrook lias described six species,all of which are venomous, the poison of the massasauga being themost virulent. The poison glands are situated below and behind the Fig.
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