k that, should the
patients die without its having been used, all will not have been
done to save life that might have been." Without such utterances
repeated from time to time and without the ample space always
allowed in the _Gazette_ to the subject, a record like that now
submitted would not have been possible.
CASE 6.--P. Evans, a girl of 20 years, bitten on wrist by a brown
snake. Symptoms--Staggering gait, drowsiness, &c. Only 1/16th
grain in four injections. Notes furnished by Drs. Mahoney and
Kennedy, of Albury.
CASE 7.--W. Thiplin, a labourer, bitten on hand by brown snake.
Three injections. Notes by Dr. Baird of Healesville.
CASE 8.--Luke Dewhurst, labourer, bitten on hand by tiger snake.
Cured by one injection of m. xv. liq. strychniae after ammonia had
failed. Notes by Dr. Dutton, of Lillydale.
CASE 9.--P. Moroney, labourer, bitten on thigh at night, snake not
identified. Cured by three injections of 1/12th grain each. Notes
by Dr. Pardey, of Myrtleford.
CASE 10.--Mrs. Skinner, bitten on thigh, at Carrum. Treated by Dr.
Verity.
CASE 11.--Child of Mr. Weeks, aged three years. Treated by Dr.
Degner, of Myrtleford.
CASE 12.--Annie Rankin, servant, at Corowa. Treated by local
chemist.
CASE 13.--Child of Mr. F. Daniels, of Mount Kent, Queensland,
_only two years old_, bitten by a death adder on fourth finger of
left hand, the snake found clinging to finger. Ligature applied
and finger chopped off, but condition of child very precarious
when admitted to Toowoomba Hospital, after a night's journey, at
daylight, in complete collapse. Pronounced out of danger by Dr.
Hunt, the house-surgeon, at 10.30 and taken home in the afternoon.
Notes not furnished.
CASE 14.--Reported by Dr. Pain, of Allora, Queensland. Symptoms
serious. Four injections of m. xv., x., viii. and vii.
CASE 15.--Reported by Dr. Garde, of Maryborough, Queensland, girl
of 13 years, bitten by brown snake, requiring only two injections
of m. xv. and x.
CASE 16.--Reported by Dr. St. George Queely, of Maytown,
Queensland, lad of 19 years, bitten by black snake, symptoms
serious. Four injections of m. xv., xv., xx., and xv., total 65
minims of liq. strych. P.B. injected within less than two hours,
muscular spasms appearing after last injection. Patient made rapid
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