Show r The Snake Bite r 0 By DR FRANK CRANE One by one our traditions are destroyed HistOrians have thrown doubt upon the stories of Romulus and Remus William Tell and other figures of the past Cold and heartless scientists Inform us that there Is nothing to planting potatoes in the dark of the moon that the number thirteen Is some baleful superstition and that you can walk walle under a ladder or carry an open umbrella In the house all you please arid and It wont won't hurt you The They even suggested that Friday is quite cuite as likely to be fortunate as un- un fortunate And now comes comes the old belief that Is firmly fixed in allot us that a 11 good dose of whisky will cure a 11 snake bite A great many have kept nicely corned for fear that they might accidentally get bitten sonIc some time Ime by a snake but Dr do Amaral director of the world famous Snake Serum institute at Butan- Butan tan South America not only says that alc alcohol hol Is not nota a a. remedy for a snake bite ns was heretofore almost as firmly fixed in our belief beliet as any anyone one of the thirteen thirteen thir- thir teen articles but on the contrary alcoholic liquors are harmful to persons bitten by venomous snakes What alcohol does to you Is to quicken the lation This spreads the venom more rapidly throughout through through- out the system Therefore tile the administration of alcohol al- al cobol cohol increases the danger from snake poisoning The best thing to do when bitten by a rattlesnake rattlesnake rattle rattle- snake is to make malte an Improvised tourniquet above the bite In order to obstruct as much as possible the circulation of the blood from the bitten area I Ignorant country people think that alcohol cures snake bItes largely because most snake bites are not pois Terrorized by the bite of the snake they drink alcohol In despair and when they get good and drunk and tile the end loes not come they think they have been cured by the alcohol Dr Amaral injected cobra polson into six dogs and afterwards gave three or of these dogs doses of al- al cohol The dogs which received the alcohol died sooner than those which did not The trouble wIth alcohol In its every phase Is that It is tile the arch deceiver of humanity It deceives people Into believing they are having u. u good time It Is the ingredient of almost all patent medicines i that profess to cure everything but really cure nothing noth noth- ing It gives tile the mental worker false Intellectual stimulation and the hand worker false brawn It ItIs Itis Is the worthy son of that gentleman who is described as the father of lies It has always alwa's been resorted to by those who delight tie tie- light In deceiving themselves and self deceit is one of the most common and dangerous of aU al practices Copyright 1928 1925 McClure Newspaper Syndicate |