“The first thing...should be to draw a cord tightly around the leg or arm...a short distance above the place bitten....Internally, give the patient all the Whisky he can drink.... “... You may fill him with Whisky, then let him swim in it, and it will not make him drunk, so long as the poison of the snake remains in the system. This is about the only thing that Whisky is really good for,”


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