Show ir p SIMPLE CURE FOR SNAKEBITE1 Life of Coolie Asserted to Have BcerV Saved by Mesmerism When I was stationed at Nowshera news was brought to me one morning that ono of my collies had been bitteR by ft snake and was dying says the Madras Times 1 hurried to his hut and found tho man unconscious and bleeding from his mouth and nose A tow passes from the head downward stopped time bleeding I continued the passes and in ten minutes he was able to open his eyes but nnablo to speak or move his hands or limbs I continued the passes and after tho lapse of another live minutes ho was able to speak I feebly and Indicate tho scat of pain Each pass gradualy worked the position downward nnJ the mans speech grew stronger by degrees and In half an hours time from the beginning of the operation the man was able to sit up Having worKcd tho poison down below tho knees I tied a ligature below the knee and sent him to a hospital where ho eventually recovered Ho was bitten In tho right foot I should very much havo liked to have carried the experiment experi-ment out to the end and have bled him hut not being a medical man and as there was a hospital only a foil miles distant I had to submit to circumstances cir-cumstances |