Show RATTLESNAKE VENOM Worldwide Demand at Its Present Price of S26 a Dram Cyanide l of mercury prussic acid strychnine and arsenic arc strong pots pot-s yet light here in Rochester a pol that it far more powerful Is being manufactured This is a powder made m the venom of rattlesnakes by Rattlesnake Rat-tlesnake Pete at his Mill street museum wonderful in its workings is this dly powder that scientists in all ts of the world arc engaged in study Its properties Some weeks ago e received n communication from Germany directed to Rattlesnake Pete Rochester America asking in what quantities the venom from rattlesnakes ld be furnished by the Rochester ke man and what he charged for It When interviewed lete said I have t received another letter from Ger il It la from Dr lwaln L Faust pharmacological laboratory University Strasburg and he wants 500 worth rattlesnake venom In Its powdered ni to experiment with He thinks price of 525 per dram la too high but en It comes to procuring the stuff In manner It has to be taken from the ke with a ship meaning a blto that uld result In either death or weeks in hospital 1 cnn tell you T will not furnish a dram for one cent less I have toplelt each snake up with my hand force a spoon Into its mouth In or to proem the venom and although have handled rattlers all my life 1 er court trouble unless there is a financial consideration worth taking the cs for The rattlesnake venom is used by the medical work I in cnrcs of leprosy dluh rla lockjaw ond other diseases where desperate chances are taken for the pats pa-ts recovery Rochester Mall and Express |