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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 re
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