Show 0 tho ti of snakes ax A to the th venom of serpent eer penta no distinct chemical principle has as yet been detected lu in it though cuch such there must be seeing that the effect of the saliva of dif different forent poisonous erakes IB Is different the blood coagulating after a fatal cobra bite though not after that of a rattlesnake or a viper it has also been ascertained that if the blood of a poisoned be b injo injected eted into a healt healthy byone one the tho latter will be poisoned in the rame same way as if it bad had itself been bitten although its desh may inay be eaten with impunity it is a mistake however to suppose that a it snakes poison can have no effect unless actually mixed with the blood it will act after being absorbed through such delicate skin as that which lines our lips though ita its action when thus received is less powerful quarterly |