Show V venom in 0 0 0 of f S serpents e rp e n tsa 15 dr gilman gilmin has lias recently been malang nall nail ng a ser series berles I 1 e s of investigations upon the tile habits ac of poisonous n serpe kats itt lit the interior of Arkans arkansas dic dis a p place iee tee which he says appears to him film to be the paradise of reptiles 21 wf we give below an account of some of thase these researches communicated to tile llie st louis medical and surgical Jour journal nal nul it vall be rand round interesting nite Hite resting and the results stated at tile the clo cio close kil yil iii hor lor of tile the article are are ire quite instructive especially the tile ath section in fit regard to alcohol other accounts verify ilie llie statement that a free use of alcohol internally and externally has lias a very vety powerful counteracting effect upon tile the poison of rattlesnake am agriculturist I 1 there thero is ciuca in in tle the history and habits of the reptile tribes however repulsive they thes the may bo brt in ill appearance that is very intErest interests inte resti lg g duril durn g a it sojourn of two or three months iii lit in ilia lle ile lie of arkansas which appear sto me to bethe be the pa adise of rill reptiles tiles I 1 paid some attention to that it branch of natural history called I 1 found lour four distinct varieties of rattlesnakes of which tho ilia Horr idus and Cro talut kirt hirt kirl landai 1 are by far lle ile lie the most numerous the former 1 is the tile largest serpent in lit north airier america I 1 rl the amy family a of moccasin snakes collober Col luber is is also ateo quite pum hum numerous erous there being not less limn linn ten var ai eues ats most mos t of which are quite as veao veno venomous as the rattlesnake by dissecting great numbers of different species I 1 learned mit wit the anatomical it of the poisonous poison apparatus is 13 similda in iii lil all the different varieties ol 01 venomous serpents it consists ot of a strong framework frame work ol 01 bone with its appropriate muscles in lit the tiie upper part of or tile tiie head resembling and being in in fact a pair of jaws jav but externally lo 10 the jils jaws proper a d inucci nib h stron stronger zer ger to ii la attached by a ginly mold articulation one or more moveable moveably move able fangs on oil sa side bide just us at the tile verge of the llie mouth month capable of bi being e erected r ted at pleasure these fai far js s lire tire are verv very bardt bards bard hard si sharp writ and crooked like the cla claws asor of a cai cal cat and hooked backward with A a hollow from base to the tiie near point I 1 have occasionally seen a thin slit of bone bolls divide til s hollow two at their base bae is is found a smail small sack containing two or three drops of venom which ie thin honey hone the tho sack is so connected with the cavity ol 01 the fang during its ils that a slight upward pressure forces the ilia venom into llie ilia fang at tit its base mid and it makes its exit dt a small slit or opening in 1 near tile tiie point with considerable force thus it is carried to tho the bottom of auy any cly wound made by the tha battie battle fang unless the tho fangs are erected for battle battie they lie concealed ili fit in tile the upper part of llie tile mouth month sunk between the external und and internal jaw bones bones somewhat like a penknife blade shut up in ill its handle i where here they are ure covered covered by bv i fold of membrane which w inch encloses them like a sheath this is is tile tiie dentis there thera call can ba be no doubt that these fangs ure are frequently broken off or shed as the ilia head broader to make room for new now ones nearer the llie verge of the tiie mouth for within the va vagina ilia iila denitia of a very large cro talus talas hornaus horr horn idus dus I 1 fo foaud u od na no less than five fangs oil on each sida ill lil m all stage formation the smallest in in a half pul pui y or liliam ous state the next something harder the third kurd still more perfect and so oil on lo 10 the rudin tudin well weil v ell eil set perfect fang each eacil of these teeth iad had lad a well de filled fined cavity like the main one three fangs oil on each side were frequently found in in copper heads vipers and others thie the process of robbing serpents of their venom is easily accomplished by the aid of chloroform a few drops ot of which hies fies them jf if while ihil ehll they are under its hi fluence influence they tiley bire are carefully seized by the neck and the agina dentis denlis held oil oui of the ilia way by an assistant with a pair of forceps and the fang be erected and gently pressed up ward the llie venom will be s seen en issuing from the faig fang dropping from its ils point it inay may then tilen be absorbed by a bit of sponge or caught in tit a or on the point of a lancet after robbing several serpents in fit this manner they were found after two days to be u as highly charged as earr venom of equal intensity with that first taken liken during the process of robbing several species specie of or serpents I 1 inoculated d several small but vigorous and perfectly healthy vegetables with the iio ito point int lat of lt lancet wel wei charged with venom the axt day they were withered and dead looking as though they tiley had llad been scathed swathed with lightn lightning ilig in attempting to preserve a few drops ot of venom for future experiments in a small phial with two or three parts of alcohol it was fou found ud in short tinie to have lost its ils venomous properties but after mixing the venom willi wilh aqua arn artmonia monia or spirits of turpentine or oil of peppermint or of cinnamon or of cloves or with nitric or sul phung acid it still fitall seemed teemed seemed to act with undiminished energy it is is best preserved however iid lio wever for future use by with refined sugar or sugar of kiik A very ver fine large cotton catl on mouth snake being captured by putting a shoestring shoe string around him hill became excessively ferocious striking at even the crack of a minall riding whip finding himself a prison prisoners ers ero without the hope of escape lie fie turned his deadly weapons oil on his own body st striking repeatedly his ins well weli charged fangs deeply into ili lii ins flesh notwithstanding this he wa put in a small basket and carried forward in lit one hour after aften he lie was found dead and no amount of irritation could excite the least indication of life four hours after while removing the lite skin for preservation the blood oozed slowly from front the llie vessels in in a dissolved state no yit vic aunce brice was done to his except what lie he did to himself another moccasin shot by a pistol about two inches luchea back of the head and skinned immediately cave decided evidence of vitality four hours after being clayed flawed by writhen thin the body whenever u was waa irritated by a scalpel A large rattlesnake be headed instantly with q n hoe lioe would an hour after strike anything an thing that pinched his tail of several persons who ft erp ere teli telling ting therl abines amines of nervo nerve by try k g to hod bod I 1 the tho ildrid steady wile the serpent baruck lit ita not nol one could be found whose liand lland would wool not hotl bevil lil ill spite spile of lit im r and one a 1 great baliv bully by jath th was wis w is struck on oil tile tite jaked throat with force by liv tiptoe tue tiie llie toe I 1 trunk of tit lit the serpent and sag re nd d ark lek fahil dl j aid and ald nid fell from terror r of tili till i tsip isip p pi p tells tella mo ina lie once witnessed a hrim frim ilir ceile chile i an oll alj hunter shot a s head iland grm vrr add and 1 niter after re reloading loding his guu gun and voine linel time 1 be lie stooped to pull OF tiie tile rattles oid wid th tit bloody but buts hendless headless lle lie idless trank trunk of tile lie lle tle I 1 lidke ildie lt him ili iii tile the temple and lie j fainted viled and fell down dowil with t tr r seven serpents to five I 1 dlf dif frent rent specie species Ppe cles cies were i 10 i lo fra cra fraternize frd dwell amicably in one out du d u jad le lw dutiful pair pain of long bodied speckled snakes gli kes kep known knowli is 1 king ling ng snakes sil rikes cikes found to be farales les ies s and co consequently 1 isbeque itly without were dily dlly im int tailed eswein aan ars of f tile llie family some soine u it telless was berc iv ble a among trong til ill tin older membris mem bels beis t bul bui no attempt vas 1 made to destroy the intruders jurugh they tiley might ini glit ailt have llave been killel instanter tile tiie next in orning four lour of tile the venomous t serpents were re found to tul tave been de destroyed stroye d by tile the kig 4 9 and one I 1 wa waa wag still within tit their air cn ed 1 I and tile llie two reni dinin ones w uld old make no t at aleli telf teli deleine dele ice lee iee A large rattles rattlesnake naile nalie p e er ned nied stupid mid aud ind ifer ent to his ins fate he fie could not bt bo made madd to ahr threaten itt or give warning even with his ralis rails ra ralls lla ils the smallest king snake was afterward with the tiie poison on of one of the llie serpents nis lie imil destroyed st end di edlin after thus evincing that they tile must have bave exercised olno olne onte onlo onto power ies physical force to overcome their f ellow I 1 creatures in lit short tile the results of or a greater num berof ex it performed perr ormed 1 I li it tb the venom of 1 a I great of serpents seem to lead li ltd iid to the follow ing e conclusions 1 that til it the venom cfall cf all ail serpents acts nets as a po ison in a s slin jiin r manner 2 that the tile venom of some varieties is farl furl far dar more or autive active than thau I 1 tiia tila 11 at t ol 01 outliers oot offiel liers ts I 1 1 I 1 3 that a variety of Zif the known i as us i ilie ile cottonmouth cotton colton mouth id is the most venomous s serpent in I 1 arkansas Arka 4 that the venom of serpents destro destroys vs a au III lii fernis of organized life vegetal vegetable etab us vi well weil ell eil z as alli ammal 5 that alcohol alco liol if brought in lit contact with willi tiie tile venom is to a certain extent all uli antidote 6 that sei sef t penis do th power of fascinating cina ting animals awl ani ant liml this power is identie identical dl with 7 that the tiie blo bio blod id of i mall small animals ani malo destroyed des dest troed roved by tile llie venom of serpents bears ii close rest nest I 1 m blance tot to ilal ilat flat lial of a an it animal d by fay or hydro rya nic acid it loes lo es it power ow erot of camu coputo i lation and cannot be long kept kep t from front tion tiou |