en visited next morning the girl declared
herself as well as ever she had been in her life.

The following notes of two cases of tiger snake bite
(_Hoplocephalus curtus_), treated with strychnine, were read by
Dr. Thwaites before the Intercolonial Medical Congress of 1889.
This gentleman, a young practitioner just entering practice, had
the courage to use the antidote according to the writer's
directions in spite of the hostile criticisms of his seniors in
the profession and even his own university teachers, and thereby
not only saved two valuable lives, but also set a praiseworthy
example, which was soon followed by others. The writer gives the
notes abbreviated.

CASE 3.--J. B., a strong, robust labourer, bitten by a tiger snake
on the back of right hand. Killed the snake, which hung on to the
hand and was with some difficulty shaken off. Made slight incision
through the punctures and tied a rag round the wrist, but too
loosely to check circulation; then started for the next
neighbour's house, distant a mile, which he reached with
difficulty, staggering like a drunken man when he arrived. The
bitten skin was here excised, whisky administered and patient sent
on in a buggy, but distance being 30 miles to Dr. Thwaites'
residence, a messenger on horseback galloped ahead to get Dr.
Thwaites to meet buggy on road. The latter writes: "I met buggy
four miles from my residence. Patient had to be held up on the
seat of the vehicle between two men. He had not spoken for some
time, pulse very weak, pupils greatly dilated, face very pale. I
injected 10 minims of liq. strychnine P.B. at once, and in a few
minutes noticed some improvement. He now answered when spoken to,
his pulse became stronger, and he could walk a few steps. This was
at 5.30 p.m., and he kept up fairly well till 8.15, when he
collapsed completely. I now injected 20 minims of liq. strychniae,
which in a short time brought him round; but at 9.15 another
relapse took place, when a third injection of 15 m. was made.
This was followed by slight twitching about the face and neck,
after which improvement and recovery were uninterrupted."

Dr. Thwaites' second case is even more remarkable and telling.
When the girl, after a journey of 30 miles, was carried into his
surgery, she appeared to be dead, and a second medical ma