On the action of cobra poison / by Charles R. Francis.

  • Francis, C. R. (Charles Richard), 1821-1901.
Date:
[1868]
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Credit: On the action of cobra poison / by Charles R. Francis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    amount of attention, in the profession, in India and Australia. It is one of the higdiest importance in a physiological sense, and popiilarly as terrifying as cholera. To discover an antidote to the effects of the poison, based on its pathology, is worthy of our best efforts, and I therefore venture to ask to be allowed to contribute my quota of enquiry, (so far as it as has gone,) in this direction, in your columns. The public is much indebt- ed to Dr. Shortt, of Madras, who was the first to offer a pecuni- ary reward for the discovery of a real antidote, which has led to the offer of still further rewards, the sum total now amount- ing to £175. This may prove to be a useful and successfid stimulus in some quarters, though it would be well if the area for observation were more extended. It is well known that the natives of India, throughout the country, believe that there is one animal, viz., the ichneumon, or mungoose, vernacularly called “ nyoxda” which the ])oison of the cobra cannot harm. They believe that, if the mungoose be free, after a contest with a cobra, to go where it pleases.