Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-05 | Page 8 | Catching Rattler's Poison as He Bites

I I I I I I I Catching the Rattlers Rattler's Poison as He Bites H HEREAFTER when a man is bitten by a venomous snake the proper means taken to cure him will be to inject into him a serum prepared from the same species of snake as that which bit him It was this treatment which saved the life of Keeper John Toomey recently recently re- re bitten by a foot five rattler while he was cleaning out its cage in inthe inthe the New York Zoological Park The above photograph illustrates illus illus- the manner in which the rattlers rattler's poison is obtained fro from him H He is grasped firmly behind the head and his mouth brought into contact with a glass tumbler the top of which is covered by a apiece apiece piece of porous cloth The snake immediately opens his mouth to bite His fangs descend on the cloth and the venom forced through his hollow teeth is deI deposited de- de posited in the glass This is used in the preparation of the anti anti- snake poison serum