r of record that men dead drunk with whiskey and then
bitten, have died of the bite.'

"As a great contrast to the weakness of the mass of our people
who are drug-takers and alcohol-consumers, and who are liable to
almost any epidemic that comes along, and quickly succumb to a
serious injury, may be mentioned the Turkish soldiers of to-day,
who know nothing of drugs as we use them and never use alcohol
in any form. During the late controversy with the Greeks, one of
them who was reported as having been shot in the stomach,
remained in the ranks, and afterward walked ten miles. Another
one who was wounded twice in the legs and once in the shoulder,
continued attending to his duties for twenty-four hours, until
an officer noticed his condition and ordered him to the
hospital. The heat was tremendous, but the troops endured it
without complaint, and the doctors were astonished at the
wonderful vitality of the wounded Turks, who recovered with
remarkable rapidity. This, with good reason, is attributed to
their abstemious lives.

"It has been stated that the Moqui Indians handle the
rattlesnake with impunity, and are not inconvenienced by its
occasional bite.

"The rational treatment of animal poison is to endeavor to
prevent the entry of the virus into the circulation and to
neutralize it in the wound before it is absorbed; but when it
has entered the system everything should be done for its
elimination.

"The most powerful aid to the human system, and the most perfect
eliminator known to man is heat. It is used with much advantage,
and great success by means of water, both internally and
externally, but above all is its use by hot air, as in the
Turkish bath, which works in harmony with every natural
function, promoting the action of all the secretions, and more
particularly the excretions. By this means will the system
unload itself of an accumulation of impurities in an incredibly
short space of time, while the heat aids in destroying whatever
there may be of virus therein.

"Calmette, whom we have previously quoted, has shown that
whatever be the source of snake venom, its active principle is
destroyed by being submitted to a temperature of about 212
degrees for a variable length of time.

"In the not remote future thousands of human beings will owe to