science. Among particular department, not brightest history; and I will do ' S lnjust'ce supposing that there is any one among you who n0t Pre^er the reputation of Harvey or the Hunters to that of ninewhich ?f t'1C court'ers ancl politicians of the periods in ^ thev lived."-SIR they BENJAMIN BRODIE.
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ON SNAKE-POISON AND ITS ANTIDOTES
experiments recently testing the efficacy of a certain antidote The (said to be most reliable) to the poison of the Cobra. antidote was proved to be utterly inert, the usual symptoms the following the application of the venom. Of course, from made. be of result a single experiment no deduction, can fairly It is only by collecting a large number, carefully conducted, and *0 with a due regard to the circumstances attending each, that however can presume to form an opinion. But we fear that, loth numerous the repetitions of the experiment of Friday, the solution would lead no to more satisfactory January, 1869, they of the question. We must not lose sight of the fact that snake-poison is In searching for a vegetable antidote, therean animal nature. fore, are we working in the right direction ? We have not space in our present issue to enter into this subject, which must, therefore, be reserved till a subscqueo'
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