Chapter 13
| Title | Chapter 13 |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1860 |
| Authors | Bennett, G |
| Book Title | Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australasia: Being Observations Principally on the Animal and Vegetable Productions of New South Wales, New Zealand and Some of the Austral Islands |
| Pagination | 274-280 |
| Publisher | John Van Voorst |
| City | London |
| Accession Number | PR0000215 |
| Abstract | Four fifths of the snakes of Australia are venomous; comments on (red-bellied) black snake, death adder, yellow snake (tiger snake) and brown snake; some observations on the effects of snake bites on dogs and a dingo; a black snake bite led to great drowsiness; blacks say little to fear from the black snake; mention of a fatal tiger snake bite in Sydney in 1858; Clarence River aborigines method of treating snake bite - scarification, suction and forced exercise; for treatment he recommends - ligature, excision and suction. |
